hounen mitsuyama saku man saku single blade medium sickle 180mm hounen our sickle are made with a special composite steel which is mixed of ferrite and high quality shear steel (dead soft steel etc). while respectfully inheriting the ​​traditional way of making japanese sickles, we use the best materials suitable for the product and incorporate the goodness of both machine manufacturing and handmade to produce a sharper and more valuable product. ideal for cutting hard grass such as pampas grass, miscanthus sinensis. sharpness is revived many times by sharpening the blade.