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A forum for the discussion of Japanese hand Tools. What makes them good, how to tell the good tools from the bad, and how to use and look after them.

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Japanese Blacksmiths

    Started by Groggy, 5th March 2007 08:10 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    blacksmith, blacksmiths, blade, blue, chisel, chiyozuru, chiyozurus, city, famous, hammers, ichihiro, ishidoh, japan, japanese, maker, master, niigata, plane, planes, prefecture, quality, renowned, revered, sadahide, sanjyo, son, steel, tokyo, tools, yamazaki
    • Replies: 21
    • Views: 35,671
    NeilS
    23rd August 2020, 03:55 PM Go to last post

  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: How to Sharpen a Plane Blade Part 3: How to sharpen the front side freehanded.

    Started by soatoz, 12th April 2007 06:00 PM
    absolutely, bevel, blade, expensive, finger, flat, freehanded, grinding, hard, mark, move, nagura, photo, photo1, plane, polishing, pressing, pressure, rounded, sharpen, sharpening, shown, slightly, steel, stone, stones, super, tip, touching, width
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 20,762
    Sheets
    16th May 2009, 08:46 AM Go to last post

  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: How to set up a brand new chisel

    Started by soatoz, 11th April 2007 06:04 PM
    article, bevel, blade, body, brand, chisel, doesn’t, don’t, grind, ground, guide, handle, honing, hoop, lacquer, nail, neck, part2”, plane, polish, rounded, set, setter, sharpen, sharpening, stone, straight, tip, touching, “how
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 31,579
    Clinton1
    12th April 2007, 05:39 PM Go to last post

  4. Sticky Thread Sticky: How to Sharpen a Plane Blade Part2: How to sharpen the front side.

    Started by soatoz, 23rd March 2007 06:18 PM
    angle, bevel, blade, blades, check, coarse, edge, feel, fix, flat, grinding, guide, honing, iron, med, part2, plane, rule, sharpen, sharpening, start, steel, stone, stones, straight, super, surface, synthetic, time, tip
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 18,422
    soatoz
    24th March 2007, 01:01 PM Go to last post

  5. Sticky Thread Sticky: How to Sharpen a Plane Blade Part1: How to Make a Beautiful Ura (Uraoshi Technique)

    Started by soatoz, 11th March 2007 08:22 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    arrows, beautiful, bent, blade, check, diamond, don’t, flat, grit, image, kana-ban, kongou-sha, make, method, move, part1, plane, polish, red, rule, shape, sharpen, shown, steel, stone, surface, tape, technique, ura, uraoshi
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 38,942
    soatoz
    15th March 2007, 06:58 PM Go to last post

  6. Sticky Thread Sticky: Japanese Tool Glossary A-M

    Started by Groggy, 5th March 2007 07:59 PM
    base, blade, block, blue, chisel, chisels, glossary, haisu, hammer, handle, hardening, head, iron, japanese, kamaji, materials, means, nail, oak, plane, popular, rentetsu, set, sharpen, sheath, soft, steel, stone, tool, type
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 18,198
    Groggy
    11th March 2007, 03:19 PM Go to last post

  7. Sticky Thread Sticky: Japanese tool names and terms.

    Started by ozwinner, 3rd March 2007 05:32 PM
    chalk, frivolous, genno, hammer, ink, japanese, kanna-plane, line, names, nokogiri-handsaw, nomi-chisel, post, posts, sorted, sumitsubo, terms, thread, tool, tools
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 10,922
    ozwinner
    3rd March 2007, 05:32 PM Go to last post

  1. Help identifying a finishing stone, please

    Started by Howard Pollack, 20th August 2009 01:36 AM
    closing, couple, dealer, finishing, hi-, howard, identifying, information, japanese, pictures, purchased, shop, stone, taking, time, writing
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,846
    NeilS
    21st August 2009, 10:18 AM Go to last post

  2. Which Chisels are Worthy?

    Started by sCORCH, 19th August 2009 05:28 PM
    assist, australia, bench, bombard, carbatec, cheerio, chisels, experience, folks, friendly, hesitate, iyoroi, japanese, lee-valley, matsumura, niskiki, overwhelmed, pairing, queries, scorch, sells, soataz, sold, special, steel, stuff, styles, white, worthy, www.japanwoodworker.com
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 7,858
    Sheets
    20th August 2009, 12:46 PM Go to last post

  3. Need Technique Tips for Ryoba Saw

    Started by applebuilder, 17th August 2009 03:37 PM
    $20, advice, bear, beautifully, blade, completely, cut, cuts, front, guys, japanese, left, letting, manipulating, properly, ryoba, straight, technique, tips, travels, trouble, true, tune, wrong
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 4,205
    applebuilder
    18th August 2009, 04:44 PM Go to last post

  4. naive question about sharpening blade for smoothing: camber the edge?

    Started by bannock, 22nd July 2009 12:17 AM
    avoid, bailey, blade, blades, camber, edge, edges, empty, final, handed, inaccurate, information, japanese, leave, lines, naive, plane, planes, question, quick, search, sharpening, smoothing, style, terminology, visible, vocabulary, wrong
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,396
    bannock
    23rd July 2009, 03:50 AM Go to last post

  5. Bench hook ?

    Started by Sam, 23rd February 2009 01:17 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    action, bench, blokes, describe, feet, guess, hand, hold, hook, ideal, japanese, method, pic, provide, pull, read, special, suit, timber, worth
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 7,723
    dynoforce
    15th July 2009, 06:41 AM Go to last post

  6. Japanese saw blade

    Started by DIY DAN, 18th June 2009 11:40 PM
    appreciated, arrow, blade, change, dan, direction, diy, driver, japanese, rivet, slot, support
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 3,017
    Claw Hama
    19th June 2009, 06:51 AM Go to last post

  7. Blacksmiths?

    Started by Katanado, 12th May 2009 10:03 AM
    antique, blacksmiths, hoping, kanna, offer, pieces, purchased, recently, translation
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,422
    yojimbo
    31st May 2009, 09:07 AM Go to last post

  8. bamboo (or hinoki?) pegs

    Started by yojimbo, 22nd March 2008 12:10 PM
    4 Pages •
    1 2 3 4
    advise, bamboo, bright, collective, counting, flame-tempering, genius, hinoki, hold, illuminate, improvised, information, job, learn, light, offer, paying, pegs, piece, pieces, pride, proper, repair, repairs, replace, tansu, told, topic, wisdom, yojimbo
    • Replies: 57
    • Views: 12,349
    Sheets
    31st May 2009, 08:55 AM Go to last post

  9. Plane Sole Conditioning with Sandpaper

    Started by Christian_C, 13th May 2009 07:03 PM
    advocate, answer, bottom, condition, conditioning, dai, dislodges, grit, knight, logical, makers, option, perfectly, piece, plane, read, recommended, reference, sandpaper, scraping, sole, suggest, surface, time, toolworks, transfered, users, viable, western, wooden
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 4,014
    Christian_C
    15th May 2009, 02:09 PM Go to last post

  10. Restoring a Plane Blade

    Started by Christian_C, 13th May 2009 06:49 PM
    alternative, amateur, black, blacksmiths, blade, castillo, christian, clothes, cold, comparable, dangerous, finish, finishing, heard, hot, japanese, lead, mediocre, oxide, performed, plane, process, read, respond, restoring, results, rubbing, skin, sounds, technical
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,613
    Christian_C
    14th May 2009, 05:39 PM Go to last post

  11. how to cross cut

    Started by la Huerta, 11th October 2008 12:14 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    accurate, acurate, anymore, built, busting, chance, cross, crosscuts, crosscutting, cut, disturbing, h2tsup, handsaw, hey, info, japanese, learn, love, machines, neighbors, peacefulness, stuff, traditional, tutorials, web, woodworking, workshop
    • Replies: 20
    • Views: 6,086
    yojimbo
    21st April 2009, 02:15 AM Go to last post

  12. Questions about the Kitayama whetstone

    Started by Thumbthumper, 18th February 2009 11:39 AM
    8000, anticipation, bit, build, chisels, couple, final, flattening, honing, irons, japanese, kitayama, nagura, plane, prior, purchased, questions, slurry, soak, stone, store, stu, time, water, whetstone, whetstones
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 3,250
    Sheets
    18th February 2009, 10:17 PM Go to last post

  13. Does Soatoz still sell tools?

    Started by Absinthesis, 23rd January 2009 01:30 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    anytime, appreciated, contact, february, forum, information, japan, sell, selling, site, soatoz, suggests, tools
    • Replies: 23
    • Views: 5,452
    yojimbo
    6th February 2009, 12:31 AM Go to last post

  14. japanese carpentry school

    Started by yoav, 14th January 2009 03:14 AM
    carpentry, day, institute, japan, japanese, profession, school, studies, study, yoav
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 4,232
    yoav
    14th January 2009, 03:14 AM Go to last post

  15. japanese 'slick' chisel

    Started by simon d, 2nd January 2009 09:46 AM
    35mm, 92981, appreciated, ashes, bushfire, chisel, claimed, collection, day, description, education, embarrassed, found, house, ian, info, japanese, knowing, lick, melted, picture, possibilities, re-temper, realized, set, slick, sole, survivor, tools, uncle
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 3,431
    ian
    3rd January 2009, 01:32 AM Go to last post

  16. My first Dai

    Started by thumbsucker, 31st December 2008 05:11 PM
    australian, bed, blade, blades, cracks, cut, cuts, dai, dust, edge, fine, hand, hardwoods, hnt, japanese, mouth, plane, planes, project, questions, sacriliguis, set, short, sole, supper, taking, throat, trouble, wood, wooden
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 4,976
    thumbsucker
    1st January 2009, 05:47 PM Go to last post

  17. Japanese plane ID

    Started by Bobdemers, 4th December 2008 02:12 PM
    appreciated, blade, bob, curious, fluffy, ideogram, japanese, maker, pics, plane, shavings
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 3,423
    Sheets
    5th December 2008, 03:34 PM Go to last post

  18. Japanese Dai Size Question

    Started by thumbsucker, 12th June 2008 01:33 PM
    board, boards, body, constructing, craftsman, dai, edge, edges, flat, giving, hand, hills, insights, japanese, jointing, length, level, matter, plane, planes, planing, question, range, size, surface, valleys, western, wider, width, wooden
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 4,809
    pfelps
    3rd December 2008, 05:18 PM Go to last post

  19. Happy Birthday to me!

    Started by Whit68, 26th November 2008 04:52 PM
    2tsup, beauties, birthday, happy, kids, morning, wife
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,666
    budgieman
    27th November 2008, 05:58 PM Go to last post

  20. Sale on ebay

    Started by Banana Fish, 25th November 2008 11:38 AM
    chisels, ebay, japanese, plane, sale, selling
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,212
    Banana Fish
    25th November 2008, 11:38 AM Go to last post

  21. Shooting for Perfection

    Started by derekcohen, 20th October 2008 03:02 AM
    article, board, build, couple, derek, features, happy, home, link, months, perfection, perth, post-construction, projects, provide, shooting, testing
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 3,162
    Shedhand
    27th October 2008, 08:23 PM Go to last post

  22. Nakaya vs 'Z'

    Started by gonty, 7th October 2008 12:21 PM
    appreciated, branded, carbatec, dovetails, dozuki, folks, hand, howdy, info, merits, nakaya, quality, relative, saws, woodworking
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,319
    gonty
    8th October 2008, 12:42 PM Go to last post

  23. japanese stone

    Started by cassca, 1st October 2008 04:40 PM
    buying, chisel, choice, choose, japanese, restore, stone
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,400
    Pam
    2nd October 2008, 09:48 AM Go to last post

  24. Genno (japanese Hammers)

    Started by sinjin, 26th September 2008 09:00 AM
    chisels, expensive, explain, genno, hammers, japanese, pay, western, woodwork
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 7,815
    derekcohen
    27th September 2008, 10:08 PM Go to last post

  25. Anyone recognise this brand

    Started by Murphy, 26th September 2008 06:11 PM
    ancient, brand, cheers, chisel, chisels, inch, job, lot, murph, recognise, socket
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,001
    Carry Pine
    26th September 2008, 08:39 PM Go to last post

  26. should new chisel edges be square?

    Started by Paul D, 13th September 2008 06:22 PM
    5 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5
    advice, appreciated, chisel, chisels, crack, day, deadline, degree, edges, honed, japanese, kumagoro, lancaster, nomi, normal, oire, paul, perpendicular, polished, promptly, quality, question, received, returning, set, skew, square, suppliers, unable, unacceptable
    • Replies: 70
    • Views: 11,783
    NeilS
    22nd September 2008, 12:47 PM Go to last post

  27. need help... for mortise ...

    Started by cassca, 28th July 2008 06:36 AM
    6 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5 6
    bad, cassca, chisel, choice, correct, cut, cutter, english, france, hammer, japan, leggs, message, mortise, oak, read, square, stone, table, tool, tools, web, whant, word, workbench 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 75
    • Views: 17,014
    yojimbo
    22nd September 2008, 12:39 AM Go to last post

  28. Anyone using Japanese natural waterstones?

    Started by NeilS, 20th September 2008 12:57 PM
    blade, darkside, edge, fine, finish, forums, hand, hardening, harder, height, japanese, man-made, natural, plane, polished, sharpen, sharpening, stone, stones, synthetic, teeth, temple, time, tool, tools, waterstones, western, whetstone, woodworkers, woodworking
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 5,037
    NeilS
    20th September 2008, 01:15 PM Go to last post

  29. Question New to Japanese hand tools

    Started by Tatsu, 3rd September 2008 07:22 AM
    appreciated, bench, bitten, bug, cabinet/furniture, canada, cheers, chisel, chisels, choices, display, entry, experience, grain, hand, info, iron, japanese, kamaji, lee, level, maker, miyanaga, money, nice, sidewalls, tools, valley, wondering, worth
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 6,707
    Graham Skinner
    17th September 2008, 02:44 PM Go to last post

  30. Work Experience in Japan

    Started by fizix, 29th August 2008 06:59 PM
    appreciated, apprenticeship, basic, break, building, cheers, civil, engineer, experience, fascinated, fit, greatly, guys, hand, hands, idea, ideas, issue, japan, japanese, moving, qualifications, researching, start, tie, tips, trade, view, wood, work
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 5,645
    markbergman
    15th September 2008, 08:05 AM Go to last post

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