Lesson 301 - The Making of Hashi (Chopsticks)
The Tan Tans will be sharing with you how you can make your own Hashi (chopsticks). You need the following: 1. Hinoki (Cypress) Wood sticks from Owase 2. Craving Knife 3. Mini Saw 4. Sandpaper 5. Art Burner (not too sure if it is the correct name for it) 6. Bee Wax Step 1: Measure the length of your personel chopsticks using the following methods. i. Put your thumb at right angle to your index finger. ii. Measure the distance from your thumb to index finger iii. Take that distance and mutiply by 1.5 Step 2: Mark the length onto the wooden stick and saw the required length using the mini-saw. Step 3: Mark the center of the edge of the chopsticks (look at the tip and draw a cross end to end) and start craving using the craving knife. Note that you need to take shallow cuts with the knife and not too deeply. The Tan Tans spent 2 hrs on this step...... sooOOOooo tiring. Step 4: After you have finished creating the desired shape of your chopsticks, sand them with a sandpaper till it becom...