How to make a bamboo pear picker - GIF

[mklotz]

Many years ago, in my woodcarving period, I ran across what looked like a useful tool for removing large chunks of wood quickly. It looked similar to this...

https://www.amazon.com/Hatchet-Bambo...bamboo+hatchet

Japanese, it was scary sharp and sharpened on only one side so it could cut flat up against a surface. I used it a lot and still find occasions where it's the tool of choice.

It was only a year or so ago that I discovered it was really a bamboo hatchet. (It hadn't been advertised as such when I bought it.) After watching the video I can appreciate the utility of its many nuance design features that make it appear so dissimilar to the western hatchet design.