Baba Masayuki - Making and Fitting Handle to Gennou

[Brian Holcombe]

I found a series of videos in which Baba Masayuki, famed gennou blacksmith, cuts and fits a handle for one of his hammers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haqK44YlDvM

This should show links to videos two and three.

[Robert G Brown]

Thanks. Within the past week I made a handle for my gennou head. Wish I had seen this earlier. I didn't think to file the hammer head. Then I put the gennou head on 2 blocks of wood and beat the handle in. I liked his way better.