Precise Working with the Yari-Kanna

Precise Working with the Yari-Kanna

The spear-like Yari-Kanna, one of the oldest tools for smoothing wood, is regarded as the prototype of the Japanese plane...

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Making Paddles

Workshop Making Paddles

In this course you will learn how to build a single blade paddle. This type of paddle is not only used for canoeing, but can also be used in Stand Up Paddling (SUP) or as a spare emergency paddle for a motorboat...

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DICK Handicraft Gallery

DICTUM Handicraft Gallery

Creativity online!

If you have already created your own pieces of furniture, turning works or sculpture objects that you are especially proud of, why don't you send us some pictures and let us and other customers marvel at your creative work. In our new DICTUM handicraft gallery you now have the possibility to do that.

DICTUM Handicraft Gallery



Workshop Impressions

Workshop Impressions bei DICTUM

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... our variety of classes und get some impressions from our former hold courses!

 

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Expert Knowledge:
Japanese Knives

Japanese Knive (Hocho) cuts a tomatoe into slices

The Hocho is a chef's soul!

Tools reflect the state of our culture. The tools we use to cut food, for example, don't just say something about our cooking culture - but the quality of their blades...

 

Traditional Japanese Knives in our Shop

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Expert Knowledge:
Rasps & Files

Expert knowledge Rasps and Files

Our Herdim® and Schwertfisch® rasps as well as our Superhard file rasps are indispensable tools for cabinet-makers, conservators and instrument makers.

 

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Rasps & Files in our Shop

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Sharpening Devices

Japanese Natural Waterstone Sho-Honyama

Nothing goes right without a keen cutting edge!

The best cutting tool is of little use if it is not properly sharpened. How to sharpen a dull cutting edge...

 

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Sharpening Devices in our Shop

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Expert Knowledge:
Finishing

Expert Knowledge Finishing

Bringing out the beauty of wood!

For thousands of years, vegetable oils, waxes and resins have proven their value for preserving wood and emphasising the rain...

 

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Surface Protection and Colours in our Shop

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