Japanese Marking Knives

Accuracy in woodworking is only as good as your measuring and marking tools. And when it comes to those two items, what you use for marking out measurements is the key to better results.

When I first started out, I used a “sharp” pencil. Of course, as you use it, it becomes a little less accurate. And to be honest, even fully sharpened it’s not all that precise. It was always a guessing game as to what part of the pencil line I should cut to. It wasn’t long before I moved on to using