It Took 40 years to Ensure the Combs Hard Enough to Last Forever | Young Craftsman: Mori Hideaki.
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- Опубліковано 5 кві 2019
- Hello everyone,
When I was a kid, my dad has told me about the reduction of manpower of traditional trades due to the industrialization and modernization of Japanese society, traditional products started to become out-dated and forgotten.
#japanesewoodworking #comb #youngcraftsman
However, they’re still young people who spend all of their careers carrying on the tradition. We'd like to honor them as much as we can. So I decided to create a series of video shows about them and their work from the footage available from my friends and myself.
Today, This video will be more attractive because I have edited the script, rewrote the content, new voices were recorded, new effects work, new music, new footage added and a new creation is created as follows: "It Took 40 years to Ensure the Combs Hard Enough to Last Forever | Young Craftsman: Mori Hideaki"
This time our main character is a Tsuge Comb Craftsman: Mori Hideaki from Aichi Prefecture. He was Born in 1983
Born as the third son of a long-established KushiTome Store of Tsuge comb, which lasts more than 100 years. While the two brothers became independent without inheriting the family business, He realized the splendor of the Tsuge comb and decided to become a Tsuge comb craftsman in order to protect the tradition and technology. After graduated from college, he was a disciple of Mori Shingo (his father), a third-generation shop. In order to inherit the skills of the masters from the generations.
There is an old sentence saying in Japan that beautiful hair can make any woman beautiful. When an archaeological excavation discovered a 7000-year-old comb, it seemed to imply how long this thought had been. In fact, Japanese women have made a lot of effort to maintain black hair and smooth shadows.
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explanation from a woodworker: the decades long roasting process is done to set the wood straight and make it unreactive to moisture. normally wood warps slowly over time in one direction as it dries out over years/decades, and it warps back and forth when it gets wet and dries again. this is why you normally won't see straight wooden combs unless they're new. the tight bundling of the comb blanks with the metal hoops is to straighten them, they're showing that they're previously warped from the drying process. this warping is particularly pronounced because the wood is cut from small boxwood trunks, so the combs are slab-cut awkwardly across the growth rings. a better cut to reduce warping would be a radial cut, but that would require trees that are twice the length of the combs in diameter (the combs' teeth need to follow the direction of the fibers for strength, so they would be oriented vertically in the tree). boxwood is used because it is an extremely hard and smooth-grained light-coloured wood, but because it is so popular with woodworkers (for example for all sorts of turned objects like chess pieces), and it grows slowly, there haven't been any decent size boxwood trees for at least a century or two.
what they're using to smooth the comb teeth are file-like tools made with fermented sections of the stems of horsetail weed, which grows microscopic silica spikes on its surface. it's effectively a slower alternative to very fine sandpaper.
the explanation is so well, I will go in-depth this in the next video released
Thankyou
Beautiful.
I had one made but by the time they delivered it I was bald.
😂
XD nice
Priceless....
mikebrisebois lol 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha
The japanese have a wonderful way of making any occupation seems like an art form. Imagine taking pride in making something as mundane as combs.
it would not be as fun as spitting in the milk at a coffee shop and watching every entitled twat walk away with a little extra froth .
Yeah I wish the corner workers here in Vegas had that much pride.
From generation to generation each child aspires to be 95 percent as great as their master and they live in a society that pretends that 65 year old men are the pillars of the world. When the ceiling gets lower and lower and the time needed to reach the middle of the totem pole in your profession dips into your fifth decade you'd find yourself wistfully pining away about the aesthetic excellence of your hum drum tasks as well.
Bunch of hipsters if you asked me
You should see the vid on making brooms. Such a noble dedication.
What a very humbling job to have . Watching them make something as simple as a comb, makes me feel happy . Today everything is made so cheap and with no LOVE ...
Classic Gunsmithing is another trade that is taken very seriously. My instructor for gunsmithing is teaching me the traditional classic style, where i take a piece of wood that I had to buy (was a $200 piece of Walnut, which is actually on the lower end as you can spend over 2k on walnut), turn it into a stock (In this case a classic hunting stock), take a bolt action action (I am using a Mauser 98 action) and remove the old finish and re-polish it and either blue or color case it, buy a barrel blank chambered for your caliber (I am doing 25-06 Rem) and reem the chamber so it fits the round perfectly so there is no gas leak when firing, blue the barrel, and more. I simplified it as much as I could lol. Basically I spend $200 on wood (and soon to be more as I need a piece of ebony to put at the for-end of the stock), $425 for the mauser 98 action, going to have to spend quite a bit for the barrel blank, about $70 on a Timney sportsman trigger, and probably around $200 on renting a reamer bit. Oh and that's not mentioning the months going to have to put into it lol. I might also checker the wood. The rifle will be a high end rifle probably would around 5k at best and possibly more if it looks very good. Wood and metal work everywhere is taken seriously lol, sadly after every generation the old styles die off. Soon no one might want a classic hunting rifle or shotgun until many decades when it becomes a trend again lol.
But not very rich in variety.
Just checked their website. The combs are $250-600 USD. So they're not starving.
@@littlejackalo5326 How long it takes to make such a comb, how expensive is the wood, how much earn the carftmen and, and and.....
Because the Chinese make it.
i am in awe of the calm patience
and i love that there are still craftmen which share their knowlege over generations within their family
Son: Honorable poppa-san, I have labored for you for 40 years and have completed my first comb.
Poppa-san: You missed a spot. Start over.
That would be horrible.
@@christophermontilla4748 you know its what must happen
This sounds like karate kid 4, danielsan killin mr. miyagi
Japanese dedication and attention to detail for the purpose making of Samurai swords is perfectly understandable.
For combs, it's borderline insane
quality work insane ? yeah some folks never get it ..
So much time in a sword, then it ends up as a distorted and chipped mess after one battle.
Absolutely amazing! And the way the knowledge is passed from Father to Son is a credit to their entire culture. Sometimes the old ways are the best ways.
excellent ... I hope some of these beautiful combs end up in a museum in 1000 years - greetings from Minnesota, US
Japan, the more I learn, the more I love thee.
I was combing through my video suggestions when I found this video of some really beautiful and exquisite combs.
10 years smoking just to ensure durability. Such patience to produce a superb product. Such admirable japanese trait
They cycle the wood 3 months smoking in the kiln, 3 months strung up. Most of the wood pieces take a total of 5 years, but the really stubborn few take as long as 10.
Worthy of putting in a glass case with a full history how it was made and used as a decoration
Or for running through my loucious locks every morning and evening.
I admire the craftsmanship and attention to detail but mostly the fact the next generation is learning the trade. Much respect for the son who is willing to walk in his fathers footsteps. Wish I could purchase some handcrafted items from Japan if it's made with this much love.
This is about art, pride, culture and tradition.
Absolutely, I greatly appreciate it
Toujours aussi minutieux ...😍
De vrai Maîtres
Japanese craftsmanship is second to none.
i have one of these made of plastic. I'm told it will last forever and never break.
dont be silly respect it its very well treasured
I had a plastic salon grade comb. A single tooth broke and now I have a full set made of stainless steel. If I sharpen an edge it could double as a shaver XD
Right ? lol
I can see passion and honesty in their works. Things like this deserve more attention
The music makes me emotional over something enjoyable
Amazing. Japanese style is so minimalist but geometric in a simple organic way, obviously a big influence on art Deco and futuristic minimalism. Yet it is in tune with nature.
There is something very appealing about the idea of mastering a craft to this level.
priceless in germany, i think it's great that there is still something like that, it saves plastic
Absolutely amazing craftsmanship. I imagine combs like this would fetch in thousands of dollars. I hope their family continues to pass on this practice for generations to come.
They range between $250-600 USD on their website.
Meraviglioso artigianato. Bravi bravi. È uno spettacolo vedervi 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏Fabrizio 🇮🇹 🖐️
👍🏻a wonderful and interesting video. Those combs are surely of excellent quality.
Makes me want a Japanese comb for some reason. I'd frame it.
There's something I really enjoy about watching japanese stuff-making.
They put a little bit of themselves into everything they make.
What!40 years?what a precious thing,I think it's so expensive right?really hard work.God bless. 🙏
Yes, thanks
FYI they start around ≈$175 + shipping (cheaper ones without the 10 years of smoking are also available)
The amazon links in the description are not for the products produced in the video. You can get the real ones here kusitome.com/syohin1.htm
Thanks.
I have 4 plastic combs that I would be willing to part with for $50 a piece. They too will last a lifetime and will probably end up in a seagull in about 120 years time...
30 years for tree to growth maybe some people will not add it up since we can use others tree...but for 10 years for the process i think the price is okey...
As long as there is a bigger smart ass than me lurking about then the world will keep turning thank you...
@@kickinthegob
170 (us) for that level of craftsmanship is not bad at all. I would love to get to the point in my life I can order one of those pieces.
Unless you choose #106, $820.00.
@@dalaiw valid point. But good gravy I don't know if I would ever use it.
Those are knockoffs in the link
I love wooden comb. Regret that I missed this place when I was there. Hope I have another time to visit this place and get the combs.
hope you will have a very pleasant journey next time!
Japanese people have incredible patience and also they are most hard working people.
Anyone else find it amazing that Japan has a native market for involved crafts like this that would still be a total struggle to even sell on sites like Etsy as a westerner? (Even if you showed all that's involved with a similar level of skill as in this video, people would laugh it off as they could simply buy a more durable plastic comb at Walmart for $2.)
Really depends. I'd say the average Japanese person also has a plastic comb. But depending on where you're from and what is more a typical local industry it's not uncommon to have handcrafted stuff (at least in europe). For example, I own handmade clogs as they are much better than the factory made ones. Granted I doubt in the big cities much people even own clogs, let alone hand made ones.
Amazing craftsmanship ...
El japonés es honorable como ningún otro no tienen igual!!! Que trabajo señores y si está gente vive en el planeta tierra aunque parezca que son de otra galaxia!!!
Thnx brother. Like like like 💪👏👏👏👌
Thank you too!
Fantastic workmanship
Luar biasa, pdhal hanya sebuah sisir, tapi mereka mengerjakannya dengan sungguh-sungguh. Good job
Thanks!
dried for 40 years in a carefully tended kiln.
immediately rubs water on it.
It’s Boric Acid, insect repellent.
The ones he's rubbing water on are wood that's been hung to dry outside of the smoking kiln for 1 year and has curved as a result. In order to straighten the wood pieces, they pair them up concave face to concave face before bundling them and forcing them into the metal hoop, which is then inserted into the smoking kiln for 3 months at a time for a total of between 5 and 10 years until flat. Water is rubbed on the concave faces before bundling in order to help the wood flatten more easily.
it’s not just water, I have seen wood treatments for high quality furniture carpentry, where after drying, they soaked boric acid or other chemicals and dry them out again. First drying they spaced them out to dry quickly. The wood have to be completely dry so the chemicals can get to the centre of the wood. Second drying they are packed tightly, otherwise the chemicals dried before reaching deep into the middle sections.
That Japanese techniques is perhaps overdone but the principal is the same, instead of boric acid, they probably are water with secret ingredients to prevent moulding, insects or bacteria decays.
I think the Japanese method is much more superior and the end products will last much longer, even though it is painfully time consuming. But the crafted furnitures in my childhood hometown are known to last for generations.
@@madsam0320 It could be, but in the original Japanese video it just says "he puts water on the bent faces to help them expand more easily."
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Furniture and combs are different things. If you're familiar with *this* workshop specifically, then I'll defer to your expertise, but otherwise the original Japanese as-stated is the best source.
@@pbrown7501 you are right, they put water only on the curved in sides, not soaking all over.
japanese craftsmanship is full of soul and body and humble pride
perfection
Thank you very much!
Woodworking the fuck are you saying thank you for, do you identify yourself as the japanese craftmanship or something?
Amazing!!
Video: 10 years to make
Title: 40 years to make
Thumbnail: 100 years to make!!!
30 year for the tree to grow 10 years in the oven
トクサがヤスリになることを初めて知った。トクサの名前と実物が漸く一致した。これからも師匠を見習って頑張ってほしい。
どうもありがとう。
Sayings that pop into my head upon viewing this video ...
"The coblers children have no shoes."
"Physician heal thyself"
In other words "COMB YOUR GODDAMN HAIR, COMBMAKER"
and Laughter is the best medicine; Until your appendix Bursts
This is where art and function meet.
I thought the box wood was some of the best I’ve ever seen.
I think its natural silica crystals in the horse-tail ferns that give it it's abrasive qualities, genius.
You are absolutely right. Give that person a quippy doll.
Parabéns, bela o trabalho... 👏👏👏👏👏
Traditional craftsmanship and skills slowly disappearing it's really sad to see it happening, where a lot of younger generations nowadays wouldn't even bothered or care about all the traditional art and skills fading away right in front of them. When only a few realises it's already too late .
@Egg MCMUFFIN Hard to find a young and understanding person like you nowadays, much respect to you.
I was looking forward to seeing how they cut the combs teeth so accurately 400 years ago. It was so disappointing to see them use a power tool. ☹️
I guess if you can make em without power tools then you can claim to be the best. Until then I guess we both just watching a talented duo.
I imagine it wouldve been done with a wooden fixture and a hand file and wouldve just been extremely time consuming and wouldve been left to the younger men to do because theres not much to it, relatively compared to the rest of the process, and its time extremely time intensive. All youre trying to do at that step is remove alot of material in a rough manner so the fine work can begin with the hand files and sandpaper sticks (im not a wood working guy so idk the proper term for that tool)
I mean that power tool could be very easily made as a hand tool. It’s just a matter of making a wooden rail for a jig to slide on, and then attaching a wheel to the jig with a handle on it so that you can turn the handle to make it slide back and forth on the rail. Then just use the jig and a handsaw to make your cuts! You would just crank the handle, make a cut, then do it again and have remarkable repeatability! I don’t know if that’s how it was done, but almost all power tools evolved from hand tools, so it shouldn’t be too hard to think of ways it might have been done!
I was born with two that will last as long as I live
As a bald man, I can absolutely say with a doubt.... I want one.
@Malchik Blue No but your mom ordered a brush so she can.
@@giraffewithtattoos2770 unoriginal comment
@@Harry-sp5zb My American ass quit giving a fuck about any opinion from the UK in 1776, so take your bad teeth having, tea drinking, God-save-the-queen singing ass else where, Jeaves. If I need you to fold my laundry or bring the guests something to eat, I'll ring a bell (like the liberty bell) for ya. Dismissed.
Beautiful.. Worth every dollar...
They must grow very special trees in Japan to be able to process enough wood out of one to make several combs and still have enough left over to burn for 10 years.
One tree.
One comb.
When comb breaks You ax tree and plant the seed.
It is serial process started over 10 ago. Unload one pack and load fresh one. And for burning they use carpenters wood waste.
@@iIiWARHEADiIiDid you watch the video or just scroll straight down to the comments? I'm referring to the captions between 1:20 and 1:55
@@The_Butler_Did_It Yes. Otherwise I do not comments. Your comment was written in the way like they burn extra tree. And just few seconds later it is clearly could be seen that they use saw dust
@@iIiWARHEADiIi That is not how my comment was written at all, I take it English isn't your first language so I'm prepared to make allowances for that but to a native English speaker it would be perfectly obvious what I meant.
mind boggled.
I want one of these!
Given the effort put in by these modern Japanese I thought each comb would cost $100. But no, it is a surprisingly reasonable amount for a piece of art.
But they do cost more than $100 ? Just google it
If I bought this my peasant hair will just destroy it
Funniest comment!!
5:31 Ah yes the traditional Japanese Electric Laythe
Electric Laythe Land - that was Hendrix's best album!
😂🤣
4000 yr old tech before humans lol
Great work 👍
“Found almost a thousand years ago in tombs, Suggesting hair care has been important for almost a long time ago” what the actual hell did I just hear.
*7 thousand years
I love craftsmanship like this... If I still had hair TO comb, I'd be tempted to buy one of their cheaper models ( around $300).
With how long and how much it takes to make one of them i think it must've turned the wood into an entirely different thing
Would love to see it under microscope or something
You'll see wood. You can harden wood by drying it and other processes.
'WOOD' love to see it ; )
Dah dumm tah
Combs how exciting...
That is sarcasm
"I'm a comb maker. Sometimes it takes up to ten years to make a comb"
*Sound of panties dropping*
@Big Bill O'Reilly if you don't like my comment don't read it? Not sure why you felt the need to call me an idiot. You sound arrogant.
Josh Pickles dork
@@mr.anderson9938 hey that hurt my feelings
Yeah. I too wonder how can he be content with just making combs.
@@ReasonAboveEverything Clearly he does more than make combs. He has a life outside of this one video.
I looked at their website and converted the price to USD and one of those would run one anywhere from $400 - $1000 depending on what size comb and what tooth size you order!!!!
This takes foot job to a whole new meaning...
Love these videos.
Glad you like them!
I had to smile when I saw the soaked horse tail... few people know that it's a natural "sandpaper" that still beats any synthetic substitute. In fact, it's a natural meta-material...
That building been there for 400 years WOW the picture at the first start of video
Accidental comedy starting at 9:13 ending with the son's face when he looks at his dad with astonished disappointment when realising his dad is doing more work on his own efforts.
Going over the fine toothed comb with a fine toothed comb.
amazing
Oh this music, so many egg memories
egg memories??
@@WoodworkingEnthusiasts Yeah, egg memories, you know.
Woodworking Enthusiasts HowToBasic
The whole world have to learn from Japan.
if i order one now, i should be able to pass it down to my grandkids as a gift, assuming im understanding everything
Great job 👍
Thanks
I can't say I've ever wanted a $900 comb until watching this video.
Thank you very much!
Must be fun doing that every day for the rest of your life
Please remove music. I would prefer to listen the crafters talking in japanese and the sound Of the whole process.
Nobody cares what you want. your life is meaningless.
@@ShadowPoet Hello to you too
@@ShadowPoet Yours is less lmao. Life is meaningless in general, why go far out of your way to insult and degrade others? I understand nihilism just why go out of your way to be an asshole? What's the point? How meaningless must your life be to recreationally insult and degrade others for no reason? On a question? Why?
@@topiary4669 its fun to be an asshole lol
Agreed
Very interesting video 👍
For information, The sandpaper he was using on the combs was from the horsetail plant. Its a form of "primitive" sandpaper. I can see why now.
I'm a young, relatively young, person that loves working with my hands. I've often wondered when a simple tool became a thing in peoples lives. Apparently, sandpaper became a thing in China during the 13th century by using seashells, seeds, and sand bonded to paper. I think we forget the luxuries that we have.
Well, It makes sense
Wow!!!
This is like watching the Japanese version of a Renaissance Fair craftsman ply his trade.
This is art
Holly shit!?!? this sound like the tracks from a casset tape I acualy own called Higher Dimensions.
I will order one, but this order is for my unborn daughter. I am sure when my order arrives, she will be old enough to use it.
Lindo trabalho parabéns!!
Brasil.
Thanks
the japanese go so hard on the most basic of tools / crafts
asoom it borders on the ridiculous
@꧁༺just another guy༻꧂ at least he has head of hair that doesn't show skin. Dude is soon 80.
Verdadeiros mestres🙏
Thanks
Cool
I'd fumigate for nine years and beat them to market.
Beat you with 8 years and 11 month
Your comb won't work after only 9 years.
But then your comb wont last forever
@@Paid2Win but if you aren't there to get complaints does it matter?
@@ReasonAboveEverything Do bears shit in the woods?
That spit n face oil make this comb masterpiece
Did really really spit on it at 7:45? What ws that for?
Typical father - son moment at 8:40
Son inspects his work and thinks he's finished and is very pleased with his work. Secretely the dad knows it is a good job but proceeds to sand it just a bit more to let his son know who is boss.
Japanese traditional craftsmanship is seriously next level impressive. Smoking the wood for TEN YEARS before it's ready to be made into a comb. No built in obsolescence. Respect.
Well said, I greatly appreciate it!
I liked this one a lot better than your other one on it
Enjoyed and gave a Thumbs Up also
Youngsters could learn something from this
They do....not to waste time on this shit and just buy a 2usd comb .
“My hair is a wreck, I need a comb!”
40 years later: “my hair is gone, but I have completed the comb!
Descendant Of Tokugawa Here
I believe it's not about drying, but to stregthen enough the fibers and resins of that specific type of wood (chosen for some reason that I don't know) so it can last as long as possible, thin as it can be, to comb long hairs (it is known that women and some man kept it lengthy, and it takes strength to comb it, as we still know it). Have in mind that other comb materials, like bones, horns and tusks are easily breakable and metals were really really expensive in Japan.
WOW Great Point!!
@@WoodworkingEnthusiasts
By the way, you have a great channel! Thank you very much for making those beautiful glimpses of masterworks accessible.
Warm greetings from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Patrick Bateman combs his hair using these as part of his morning routine.
Internet Explorer: Now let’s see Paul Allen’s comb
Traditions are the future of the past.
😍😍😍