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3rd July 2016, 07:43 PM #1
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Explain The Usage Of These Polishing/Finishing/Burnishing Tools
I am interested in learning more about these
Can anyone tell me what they are called?
As far as I tell the yellow one is some kind of grass/reed and the black one is horse hair.
I watched a few youtube vids, but they are all in Japanese and they only offered glimpses of their uses.
In one the tansu was washed down with a mixture of water & something like pumice. After it dried the tansu was scrubbed down the grass/reed version.
Maybe to fill the pours? Maybe sanding it?
However beyond this limited understanding I know nothing.
The only western equvilint that I have seen is the ‘Polissoir’ – Roubo’s Wax Polisher.
Outside of urushi what to the Japanese finish their furniture with?
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3rd July 2016, 07:59 PM #2
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Yeah, my understanding is it's something about grain filling. You use it in conjunction with the FFFF pumice to create a dry slurry (whatever the word is for that) of pumice and wood chips for filling of grain before polishing.
But that's just kind of my interpretation. I'm honestly unsure and am interested to hear what others say.
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4th July 2016, 11:27 AM #3
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they look very similar to a "polissoir".
Originally Posted by thumbsucker
I am interested in learning more about these
Can anyone tell me what they are called?
Chris Schwarz has a fair bit to say about them here A Ancient French Method for Finishing and Polishing Wood
and I think they feature in an episode of Roy Underhill's "wood Wrights Shop"regards from Alberta, Canada
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4th July 2016, 12:40 PM #4
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See this clip. Pay attention to 2:30.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71W6WnQiOeoVisit my website at www.myFineWoodWork.com
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4th July 2016, 12:50 PM #5
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4th July 2016, 01:19 PM #6
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It seems to remove quite a bit of material going by the dust that falls off the end of the board after each pass. Originally Posted by Wongo
Is it sanding the surface? or compressing softer fibres to give a textured feel to finished piece?
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4th July 2016, 02:42 PM #7
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Here's a youtube in English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5al4CtLFebU it's Don Williams
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4th July 2016, 05:07 PM #8
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So its called uzukuri this post
https://hillbillydaiku.com/2015/05/0...h-and-texture/ explains it really well.
It is different to polissoir, which is for the application of finish instead uzukuri are texturing tools.
I think it would only work on softwoods or certain hardwood like elm were there is a clear difference in hardness between the spring and summer growth.
However it seems to be a very little known tool/practice in the west.
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