HEAVY CANVAS SPLIT-LEG APRON - "FRONT SPLIT APRON" - NIWAKI
Traditional Japanese work apron, robust and durable, made from heavy cotton canvas (450g), with a large lined front pocket to keep your tools close at hand.
Whether you are kneeling, lifting loads, or sitting to work, the front slit and cross-back straps provide excellent support and great freedom of movement without getting in your way.
Essential protection for the kitchen, the garden, and DIY projects.
Usage instructions: Slip the apron over your head and thread the straps through the loops at the back for a comfortable, precise fit on your shoulders and waist.
- Dimensions: 93.5 x 63 cm
- Main fabric: 16oz Cotton canvas
- Back loop: Leather
- Straps: Cotton
- Manufacturing: China
Niwaki brings the best of Japanese craftsmanship to gardeners, chefs, and artisans. Tools with a simple and effective design, created to last, renowned for their exceptional quality.
After studying sculpture in London, Jake Hobson went to Japan to investigate the Japanese relationship with nature and the environment around them.
Jake discovered that Japanese gardens were not just like gardens. They were mountains, rivers, rocks, trees, and waterfalls. It was everything he loved; these gardens told stories and referred to real landscapes in Japan.
Niwaki literally means "garden tree," it is the art of tree pruning, quite different from that of Bonsai, as the roots are not pruned. But Niwaki is much more than that. It implies a philosophy, that of landscape, of recreating unique microcosms, the vision of a man and his connection, his understanding, his learning of nature.
But all this was possible thanks to the use of tools that shared the same philosophy, created slowly, simply, by hand, by local master blacksmiths with exceptional expertise.
For Jake Hobson, every tool comprises three crucial elements:
- a good material, primarily high-quality carbon steel
- a good design, generally as simple as possible
- good craftsmanship, passed down from generation to generation.
Japanese tools do not skimp on any of these elements: You feel the quality of the craftsmanship as soon as you hold them in your hand; they simply and perfectly do the job they were designed for, and they last, holding their edge for a long time, rewarding the user with years, decades, and even lifetimes of pleasure.