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Well done, pal.:2tsup:

I'm in agreement with you, Sheets. Particularly because it's purpleheart. I've worked with pieces that have significant cracks in them -- even dropping a piece on a hard concrete floor at one point...

Beautifully designed, Paul. :2tsup:

Has he moved down under? He was in Kamakura last I knew. J.D. and I used to keep up a fairly stead correspondence, though I haven't been in touch for a while.

Tell him Becky Cole (that'd be me)...

Thumbsucker -- just wanted to say that you pretty much can't go wrong with that seller, Tetsuguchi. He's a good guy who's always more than honest in his descriptions. You might add him to your...

Nah... you're alright, mate.

Oh, I've been around. Just not saying much.:-

I was just looking for it. Glad I'm not going mad. ;)

Well done, Steve. I was just looking for those to post.

Becky

Can't read in detail at the moment, Paul, but I'm sitting here looking at those handles and drooling! They're absolutely beautiful!

I'll be back later for a full education. :)

Merry Christmas to all you J-tool junkies. :wink: (Yeah, like I'm not one.)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n543eKIdbUI

It's a true joy hanging with you all. Even when I'm not commenting,...

I think you're looking for soatoz?

His site is http://japantool-iida.com

Nice work, Steve!

Yeah, the opium slowed me down at first but, sadly, there's none left. Best I can do is reduce the table to sandpaper and snort that.

Having a hell of a time with a 1920s Malaysian opium table that came apart at some point, then was glued (badly), and came apart again.

Soaked off all the old glue and am fitting it back...

Eh? Huh?

Hi, Gadge, Steve.

Nothing to report (lots of work, though!) Hope you're well.

It really is! Think I'll sign up so I can lurk, but ask questions when I need to.:B

Wikipedia (Varnish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) says --

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Solvent (traditionally Turpentine)

Traditionally, natural (organic) turpentine was used as the...

Now that's a capital idea.

Thanks, pal. Replied. :)

fudo: Hi from the Japanese Hand Tools forum. I'm a professional refinisher (not a restorer of anything of value -- for those pieces I recommend professional conservators), and I have to say you've...

I might be able to help, if you send me pics.

Or describe the kind of damage you're dealing with.

Hi -- my first post in the Finishing forum... been in Japanese Hand Tools forever. But I'm a professional finisher/refinisher. The thing to know about hydrogen peroxide is that it can remove all...

Hi, Georg. Got a link for that?
Thanks!

I'm having a very surreal experience reading this thread... So's post might have been taken in my workshop. Many years ago I was given as a gift a couple of pieces of full-branch gumi, and a...

Hah! The place is a dump right now. :o No, I'll be posting photos from when it was first built and nice and tidy. :B

Sheets -- yes! Excellent books, both.

I'll try and get to that in the next couple of days -- probably not 'til Thursday. Hectic around here. :2tsup:

Hi, fudo,

I have an excellent book (which I cannot at the moment find [!]) called "Measure and Construction of the Japanese House." It includes architectural drawings with details about...

Stu -- Bet my splat's smaller than yours. ;)

I'm sorry, Gadge -- I swear I replied to this with a suitably witty (actually... now I think of it, I'm sure it was screamingly funny) reply... and I don't see it here. And, of course, can't...

I wish I could get good Japanese food here. I'm on a little splat of an island, remember? And the nearest Japanese restaurant is definitely above my pay grade.

And yes, I'd imagine that's...

I quit cooking when I had an eighteen-to-twenty-hour-a-day writing job. Seems, since then, I've lost the knack. So I guess it's the knife fights for me. Damn... just when I thought I could slouch...

Gadge -- couldn't agree more. I was going to suggest a card scraper until you did. There's nothing better for wild grain.

And I'm piling on with the advice about rasps. I built a banjo shaping...

Been following that heat wave. Pretty scary stuff. Saw photos of the fire tornadoes, too. Armageddon-like. Sending you all good mojo, juju, grisgris, whatever it takes, to cool this planet a bit....

Bushmiller --



And I confess that after all these years it's still not innate in me, and so I also pass a thumb over the faces.

...Just don't tell Sheets, okay?

Hi, Bushmiller. Nice handle. Love the shape. And love your post in general. ;)

I was taught to shape a gennou handle as a curve so that the rounded side has a downward bow to it (less power)...

Point well made, Stu. And point well taken! :)

Yep. :)

Though I've seen a few that have barely any marks at all.

Just a quick note about handmade saws: the better ones tend to have the maker's name scratched in near the handle, rather than stamped in. You can easily tell the difference. There are some more...

I love when you ramble. ;)
And I got a language lesson into the bargain!
Thanks, Stu.
Becky

Hi, Stu -- what's the uradashi practice on those (assuming that mighty blade ever wears down)?

Thanks,
Becky

Nicely done, NeilS. :2tsup:

Damn! I thought I made it up!!

Well... how about slurrifaction? ;)

Hey, NeilS --

I have some pretty muddy stones that will do that. I was thinking this guy must be using a harder stone, though there's no reason behind my logic. (As usual.)

Good idea about...

Hi, Groggy -- Recovering from a recent dog bite (mine own faithless hound -- but I was breaking up a fight), I was ordered by the doc not to use my left arm. Having nothing to do, I spent a few days...

Well done, ironsheik. It's rare that someone doesn't pop in with an answer.

Maybe you stumped them! ;)

Your English is just fine, Tomazelli -- as Watson said.

And you probably did, as you speculated, remove the lower layer of steel on the 8mm by working too hard to flatten the back. I don't...

You said it, Watson. ;)

Oi! Just 'cuz I haven't been posting doesn't mean I'm not reading. ;)

Thanks, Des. Never had that information. Bookmarked... and will be printed out (I'm a Luddite, remember?) when my infernal machine stops acting like a dull tool. :((