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Forum: JAPANESE HAND TOOLS

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: 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: 31,684
    Clinton1
    12th April 2007, 05:39 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: 20,860
    Sheets
    16th May 2009, 08:46 AM Go to last post

  3. 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: 39,082
    soatoz
    15th March 2007, 06:58 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: 18,538
    soatoz
    24th March 2007, 01:01 PM Go to last post

  5. 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: 35,895
    NeilS
    23rd August 2020, 03:55 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: 18,285
    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: 11,007
    ozwinner
    3rd March 2007, 05:32 PM Go to last post

  1. Anyone recognise this plane maker?

    Started by NZStu, 16th November 2011 06:40 AM
    maker, plane, recognise, recognise/know, title
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,677
    Schtoo
    17th November 2011, 01:05 AM Go to last post

  2. 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: 5,039
    NeilS
    20th September 2008, 01:15 PM Go to last post

  3. Asian house

    Started by sinjin, 31st May 2011 04:16 PM
    abc, anymore, asian, built, called, chance, fnq, guy, hand, home, house, japanese, link, living, looked, power, program, sight, story, style, tia, tools
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,645
    sinjin
    31st May 2011, 04:16 PM Go to last post

  4. Axe identification

    Started by weaver, 4th January 2012 02:01 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    ago, augmented, axe, axes, bit, blade, claw, couple, days, diagonal, felling, handle, identification, identify, length, makers, marks, modern, photos, realatively, sale, short, shorter, solid, standard, stripes, thick, thiner, western, wondering
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 25,707
    NeilS
    17th April 2012, 03:07 PM Go to last post

  5. Azebiki size recommendation

    Started by wilburpan, 17th May 2008 01:30 AM
    4/4, 70mm-125mm, appears, applies, assuming, azebiki, azebikis, blade, curvature, cut, cutting, dado/groove/rabbet, experience, learn, length, match, pictures, principle, ranges, realized, recommendation, recommended, ryoba, ryobas, similar, size, stock, varies
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,235
    Sheets
    17th May 2008, 05:33 AM Go to last post

  6. 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: 12,363
    Sheets
    31st May 2009, 08:55 AM Go to last post

  7. Basic/Intermediate Kumiko course - Sturt Woodworking School

    Started by Wigwood, 24th October 2021 08:50 AM
    6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 1
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    Wigwood
    24th October 2021, 08:57 AM Go to last post

  8. 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

  9. Best books on traditional building methods and joints?

    Started by fudo133, 12th February 2013 02:03 AM
    advance, astray, books, building, buildings, centered, construction, deal, dealing, dilapidated, fate, foundations, gods, hope, japanese, joinery, joints, machiya, methods, minka, opposed, read, residential, shingling, store, structure, temple, tiling, time, traditional
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,129
    markinoz
    13th February 2013, 08:59 AM Go to last post

  10. Best saws for extremely hard woods?

    Started by fudo133, 20th May 2014 04:34 AM
    2cm, 5cm, board, cheapo, corner, custom, cutting, dozuki, easily, ebonies, extremely, hard, hey, japanese, katalox, process, rosewoods, saws, slice, snapping, succeeded, suited, teeth, thick, time, wondering, woods
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,824
    NeilS
    21st May 2014, 11:49 AM Go to last post

  11. Best way to make a chip-breaker fit?

    Started by JPA, 17th May 2015 09:50 PM
    chipbreaker, fit, make 6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
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    JPA
    27th May 2015, 10:05 PM Go to last post

  12. Bevel up Japanese plane blade

    Started by youngjacky, 28th June 2022 10:12 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,365
    jwoodcraft
    8th July 2022, 05:06 AM Go to last post

  13. bit of advice

    Started by kmthor, 22nd May 2008 11:35 PM
    advice, bit, buy, cut, direction, flush, guys, jap, keen, mid, real, realy, saws, set, starter, stear, tools
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 3,095
    soatoz
    7th June 2008, 01:59 PM Go to last post

  14. Blacksmiths?

    Started by Katanado, 12th May 2009 10:03 AM
    antique, blacksmiths, hoping, kanna, offer, pieces, purchased, recently, translation
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,424
    yojimbo
    31st May 2009, 09:07 AM Go to last post

  15. Blogs

    Started by simonmags, 14th July 2010 02:01 PM
    blogs, chance, cheers, chisel, collection, hand, handtools, japaense, list, mortice, particulalry, plane, posts, relation, search, sites, time, tongue and groove, tools, wood
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,118
    simonmags
    15th July 2010, 12:24 PM Go to last post

  16. Build Thread

    Started by Sheets, 25th February 2010 04:48 AM
    6 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5 6
    blog-style, blogs, build, days, forums, hand, involves, japanese, majority, pinball, posting, quiet, read, steve, thread, tools, visitors, woodwork, woodworking
    • Replies: 80
    • Views: 11,689
    Sheets
    30th July 2010, 08:05 AM Go to last post

  17. buyer beware. iida tool declares bankruptcy. No tool. No refund.

    Started by AR&MJ, 28th December 2022 09:38 PM
    3 Pages •
    1 2 3
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 43
    • Views: 7,785
    D.W.
    11th December 2023, 12:51 AM Go to last post

  18. Buying Japanese tools on ebay, advice needed.

    Started by Woodforge, 25th September 2021 09:00 AM
    6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 2,361
    Woodforge
    7th October 2021, 10:13 PM Go to last post

  19. Can anybody identify the maker of these chisels?

    Started by rob streeper, 9th November 2014 12:58 PM
    chisels, identify, maker 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 2,167
    thumbsucker
    11th November 2014, 04:47 PM Go to last post

  20. Can anyone ID anymakers names

    Started by WA ANDY, 15th February 2019 04:40 PM
    6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 2
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    q9
    25th February 2019, 02:28 AM Go to last post

  21. Can anyone identify this kanna maker

    Started by Gadge, 21st November 2013 09:42 AM
    appears, gadge, identification, identify, iron, jigane, kanna, maker, piece, purchased, quality, wrought 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 1,403
    Gadge
    21st November 2013, 04:28 PM Go to last post

  22. Can anyone identify this saw for me, please?

    Started by chrrris, 28th September 2013 06:52 PM
    287318, advance, bought, cheers, chris, identify, start, teeth, wondering 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 1,701
    q9
    4th October 2013, 12:43 PM Go to last post

  23. Can anyone read Japanese?

    Started by Dan, 16th January 2005 07:41 PM
    8000grit, bought, box, brand, card, curious, hoping, images, inside, japanese, king, read, recently, saved, scanned, text, translate, waterstone, written
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,403
    Groggy
    16th January 2005, 09:46 PM Go to last post

  24. Can anyone recognize this brand name

    Started by Gadge, 22nd November 2011 12:52 PM
    appreciated, beautiful, bought, brand, characters, cheap, convinced, couple, garry, gum, hand, japanese, looked, machine, marks, mate, metate, missing, mystery, photo, recognize, ryoba, sen, solving, speaker, spotted, straight, tang, teeth, welded
    • Replies: 2
    • Views: 2,013
    Gadge
    28th November 2011, 09:43 AM Go to last post

  25. Can you help ID these chisels?

    Started by Njphillips01, 13th February 2019 09:48 AM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 2,511
    NeilS
    14th February 2019, 01:56 PM Go to last post

  26. Can you help me identify this kanna and its use?

    Started by Jon Hiller, 21st June 2023 09:57 AM
    • Replies: 0
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    Jon Hiller
    21st June 2023, 09:57 AM Go to last post

  27. Carba-tec Japanese saws. Are they any good?

    Started by Tolmie, 26th May 2015 02:59 PM
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    1 2
    carbatec, good, japanese, saws 1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 5,374
    Superbunny
    2nd June 2015, 04:28 PM Go to last post

  28. Chisel face not flat

    Started by Whit68, 24th May 2011 09:40 PM
    1000, 35mm, 40th, 7mm, advise, anthony, attached, breaking, chisel, chisels, corner, cup, due, edge, face, feeler, fit, flat, gauge, grit, japanese, lost, pic, question, replaced, running, sharpen, thou, waterstone, wife
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 2,835
    Groggy
    24th June 2011, 10:25 PM Go to last post

  29. Chisel Handle Replacement

    Started by Stu in Tokyo, 2nd September 2008 01:17 AM
    bit, blacksmith, burning, burnt, characters, chisel, eye, ferrel, filed, handle, handles, hole, looked, lot, puff, registered, replacement, sanded, seated, size, smelled, smoke, square, substance, tang, told, tools, transition, wood, wooden
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 10,005
    NeilS
    2nd September 2008, 01:53 PM Go to last post

  30. Chisel ID

    Started by dmccurtis, 13th July 2014 08:48 AM
    cheap, fujikawa, curious, decent, deal, buy, uncertainty, leaning, ioroi, opinions, cheers, cool, valley, lee, maruya, question, nomi, mannen, chisels, finish, rough, bit, ebay, identify, lamination, chisel, hold, tags, excellent, shirogashi 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 3,232
    dmccurtis
    14th July 2014, 07:55 PM Go to last post
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