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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: 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: 34,534
    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: 20,165
    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: 30,970
    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: 17,840
    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
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    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: 38,128
    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: 17,658
    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: 10,477
    ozwinner
    3rd March 2007, 05:32 PM Go to last post

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

    Started by AR&MJ, 28th December 2022 09:38 PM
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    • Replies: 32
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    Midnight Man
    5th March 2023, 04:37 PM Go to last post

  2. Wari Kebiki – Japanese slitting gauge

    Started by Pac man, 4th February 2023 12:52 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 279
    Pac man
    17th February 2023, 06:50 PM Go to last post

  3. Any one know what this tool is?

    Started by jwoodcraft, 26th October 2022 02:33 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 818
    Chief Tiff
    27th October 2022, 09:48 PM Go to last post

  4. A master at work

    Started by hurcorh, 4th September 2022 08:41 AM
    • Replies: 0
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    hurcorh
    4th September 2022, 08:41 AM Go to last post

  5. Saw handles?

    Started by jwoodcraft, 13th August 2022 12:35 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 482
    Sheets
    21st August 2022, 03:08 AM Go to last post

  6. Sashigane

    Started by GRadice, 12th August 2022 01:01 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 4
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    BEM
    12th August 2022, 08:46 PM Go to last post

  7. Japanese kanna info

    Started by Chipbreaker, 1st August 2022 01:01 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 384
    hurcorh
    4th August 2022, 03:42 PM Go to last post

  8. Z Saw Japanese Compound Saw Guide - Thoughts?

    Started by cpsmusic, 7th July 2022 03:52 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 710
    Vann
    9th July 2022, 05:08 PM Go to last post

  9. Chisel set and box

    Started by jwoodcraft, 8th July 2022 02:34 PM
    2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 0
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    jwoodcraft
    8th July 2022, 02:34 PM Go to last post

  10. Bevel up Japanese plane blade

    Started by youngjacky, 28th June 2022 10:12 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 900
    jwoodcraft
    8th July 2022, 05:06 AM Go to last post

  11. New member, some assorted tool questions

    Started by jwoodcraft, 2nd June 2022 09:31 AM
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    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 501
    old1955
    5th June 2022, 12:57 PM Go to last post

  12. A pair of kiwaggana

    Started by GRadice, 29th April 2022 12:38 PM
    6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 4
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    stevenjd
    27th May 2022, 08:17 PM Go to last post

  13. Inspection before purchase… odd things you see

    Started by Clinton1, 7th March 2022 03:58 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 928
    Pat
    6th April 2022, 06:32 PM Go to last post

  14. River red gum hammer handles

    Started by GRadice, 30th March 2022 12:37 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 562
    Scally
    5th April 2022, 11:29 AM Go to last post

  15. Japanese chisels and Aussie timbers

    Started by Waldo, 25th February 2022 03:48 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
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    thumbsucker
    1st March 2022, 06:06 PM Go to last post

  16. Someone is sliding down a Slippery Nomi slope

    Started by Pat, 12th January 2022 06:03 PM
    4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
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    Pat
    15th January 2022, 02:21 PM Go to last post

  17. Japanese Kanna Plane

    Started by ragsdownunder, 9th January 2022 04:11 PM
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 402
    ragsdownunder
    11th January 2022, 01:55 PM Go to last post

  18. 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

  19. Buying Japanese tools on ebay, advice needed.

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

  20. Information about a kanna I bought.

    Started by Woodforge, 26th September 2021 06:46 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
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    woodPixel
    1st October 2021, 10:54 PM Go to last post

  21. My kit of Japanese knives ... WIP

    Started by rsser, 3rd October 2011 04:46 PM
    20 Pages •
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    advice, appears, bevel, blade, blue, curve, cutting, damascus, handed, hard, items, japanese, kit, knife, knives, layer, left, neils, orig, plan, primary, purpose, stainless, steel, tanaka, usd, vg10, water, western, wip 29 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 286
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    rsser
    9th September 2021, 12:35 PM Go to last post

  22. Flush cut handsaw

    Started by Lyle, 28th June 2021 05:32 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 1,219
    Lyle
    30th June 2021, 01:14 PM Go to last post

  23. Kumiko course at Sturt School for Wood

    Started by Wigwood, 27th March 2021 07:38 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 0
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    Wigwood
    27th March 2021, 07:38 AM Go to last post

  24. The making of a Japanese Chisel

    Started by woodPixel, 17th February 2021 10:51 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 1,148
    old workshop
    14th March 2021, 06:10 AM Go to last post

  25. Chisel identification 秀夫 Hideo

    Started by mjcoope, 20th December 2020 10:39 PM
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    1 2
    6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 16
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    mjcoope
    10th January 2021, 09:02 AM Go to last post

  26. Kanna

    Started by stevenjd, 9th August 2020 09:51 PM
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    1 2
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 19
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    stevenjd
    24th December 2020, 01:48 PM Go to last post

  27. contemporary blacksmiths

    Started by Howard Pollack, 6th December 2020 02:05 PM
    • Replies: 8
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    riverbuilder
    9th December 2020, 09:42 AM Go to last post

  28. Question King sharpening stones

    Started by Shedhand, 26th September 2020 02:14 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 2,010
    jamesnvh
    29th November 2020, 03:25 PM Go to last post

  29. Kumiko Jig - Made in Australia - WIGWOOD

    Started by Wigwood, 9th August 2020 11:20 AM
    japanese tools, kumiko, wood art 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 889
    Wigwood
    9th August 2020, 11:20 AM Go to last post

  30. Has something happened to Japan-Tool?

    Started by dmikulec, 12th January 2020 05:00 AM
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    6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 29
    • Views: 5,708
    Sheets
    20th July 2020, 02:47 AM Go to last post
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