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Amazingly, a fancy pair of bonsai scissors can cost an eyewatering $26,000. How? It turns out that the secret to making the best bonsai scissors in the world lies in an ancient method of sword-making. Hirakawa Yasuhiro is one of the few blacksmiths in Japan who still uses traditional methods dating back to the fifth […]
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Bonsai Scissors Made with Samurai Sword Forging Techniques (Video)
May 11th, 2023 
Awake Goy 
Posted in Jewish News 
Tags: bonsai, forging, samurai, scissors, sword, techniques, video 
No Comments »15th-Century Bonsai Trick That Grows Ultra-Straight Cedar Trees, Prevents Deforestation
April 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy To harvest more cedar wood in a shorter time and lesser space, ancient Japanese foresters had devised and championed an incredible technique of daisugi: a “giant bonsai” method that dates back to the 15th century. Flexible, dense Kitayama cedar, harvested from the vast mountainous cedar forests of south-central Japan, has been in high demand as […]
Archaeologists discover King Herod had a bonsai garden
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