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from:L i k e w i t h a n y o t h e r a r t o r c r a f t , y o u n e e d t h e r i g h t t o o l s t o h e l p y o u g e t t h e i m a g e i n y o u r h e a d t o r e a l l i f e . B o n s a i i s t h e a r t o f s h a p i n g , m a i n t a i n i n g a n d p r e s e n t i n g l i t t l e t r e e s . S i n c e t h e s i z e a n d s c a l e o f w h a t y o u a r e d o i n g i s s o d i f f e r e n t f r o m m a i n t a i n i n g a r e g u l a r - s i z e d t r e e , t h e u s u a l g a r d e n i n g t o o l s a r e t o o c u m b e r s o m e t o u s e . S o m e b o n s a i m a s t e r s p r e f e r J a p a n e s e b o n s a i t o o l s , a n d o t h e r s p r e f e r b o n s a i t o o l s f r o m C h i n a . T h e y a r e u s u a l l y r e f e r r e d t o a s C h i n e s e b o n s a i t o o l s , b u t s o m e t i m e s a r e l i s t e d a s C h i n a b o n s a i t o o l s .
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C h i n e s e b o n s a i t o o l s a r e n o t m a d e o f c h i n a , d e s p i t e t h e i r n a m e . E v e n t h o u g h c h i n a i s p r e t t y s t r o n g a n d t h e b o n s a i s m a l l , a c h i n a b o n s a i t o o l w o u l d n o t l a s t y o u t o o l o n g . T h e y a r e u s u a l l y m a d e o f m e t a l , p r e f e r a b l y s t e e l . T h e y a r e , a s t h e i r n a m e s u g g e s t s , m a d e i n C h i n a . B o n s a i t o o l s , a s w e l l a s b o n s a i , o r i g i n a t e d i n t h e O r i e n t t h o u s a n d s o f y e a r s a g o , s o t h e C h i n e s e h a v e a l o t o f e x p e r i e n c e m a k i n g b o n s a i t o o l s .
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T h e r e a r e m a n y k i n d s o f b o n s a i t o o l s f r o m C h i n a . Y o u d o n ' t n e e d a l l o f t h e m , b u t y o u d o n e e d s o m e b a s i c s . F i r s t o f f , y o u n e e d a b o n s a i c a r e b o o k o r a c c e s s t o b o n s a i w e b s i t e s t o h e l p i n s t r u c t y o u i n h o w t o u s e y o u r t o o l s . S i n c e t h e y a r e s m a l l e r a n d l i g h t e r t h a n u s u a l g a r d e n i n g t o o l s , t h e y w i l l c o s t l e s s .
T h e m a i n t o o l y o u w i l l n e e d i s s o m e k i n d o f c u t t e r . T h e r e a r e l e a f c u t t e r s , t w i g c u t t e r s a n d w i r e c u t t e r s . T h e l a s t i s f o r h e l p i n g t r i m t h e w i r e s y o u u s e t o h e l p s h a p e a n d s u p p o r t y o u r b o n s a i t r e e n o t t o b e u s e d o n t h e t r e e i t s e l f . Y o u n e e d t o k n o w i f y o u r s p e c i e s o f t r e e d o e s b e s t w i t h a s h a r p b l a d e o r a d u l l b l a d e .
T h e r e a r e a l s o r o o t h o o k s , w h i c h l o o k v e r y s i m i l a r t o t h e h o o f p i c k s u s e d f o r c l e a n i n g o u t t h e h o o v e s o f h o r s e s , p o n i e s , d o n k e y s a n d c o w s . T h e o n l y d i f f e r e n c e f r o m a h o o f p i c k i s t h a t a r o o t p i c k i s l o n g e r . R o o t h o o k s h e l p y o u w i t h r e p l a n t i n g , w h e n y o u h a v e t o t r i m b a c k a s m u c h a s h a l f o f y o u r b o n s a i t r e e ' s r o o t s y s t e m t o k e e p t h e t r e e s m a l l a n d l o n g l i v e d .
Y o u a l s o c a n c h o o s e t o g e t a b o n s a i b r u s h , u s u a l l y m a d e o f b a m b o o o r s o m e o t h e r p l a n t a n d n o t m e t a l . T h e y a r e a l s o m a d e i n C h i n a . B o n s a i t o o l s l i k e t h e b r u s h a r e a s e l e g a n t a s t h e t r e e s t h e y h e l p y o u c a r e f o r .
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