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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 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: 20,808
    Sheets
    16th May 2009, 08:46 AM Go to last post

  2. 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: 39,027
    soatoz
    15th March 2007, 06:58 PM Go to last post

  3. 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: 18,487
    soatoz
    24th March 2007, 01:01 PM Go to last post

  4. 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: 31,630
    Clinton1
    12th April 2007, 05:39 PM Go to last post

  5. 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: 10,970
    ozwinner
    3rd March 2007, 05:32 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: 18,250
    Groggy
    11th March 2007, 03:19 PM Go to last post

  7. 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: 35,757
    NeilS
    23rd August 2020, 03:55 PM Go to last post

  1. Japanese Chisels - which to buy, dovetailing and general use

    Started by zilberi, 1st April 2014 03:52 PM
    buy, chisels, deleted, dovetailing, general, japanese
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,093
    zilberi
    1st April 2014, 03:52 PM Go to last post

  2. which chisels for general use.

    Started by zilberi, 1st April 2014 08:32 PM
    advertise, basically, bench, blacksmiths, bring, buy, chisels, chu, corners, dovetail, dovetailing, general, hiramachi, hss, ideas, japanese, line, mortising, nomi, oire, paring, read, shank/handle, specialisations, specific, start, tataki, timber, time, tools 5 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 10,569
    NeilS
    3rd April 2014, 12:37 PM Go to last post

  3. An amazing Japanese joint

    Started by zenwood, 3rd June 2005 11:54 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    amazing, aspire, click, clip, complicated, double, drool, fascinating, hard, history, internal, japanese, joint, keyboard, level, material, mitre, picture, production, rest, site, skill, stage, tabled, techniques, tenon, video, wedge, woodwork, woodworking
    • Replies: 18
    • Views: 5,898
    AlexS
    8th June 2005, 03:45 PM Go to last post

  4. Chris Hall's Carpentry Study Group - First Project

    Started by Yxoc, 17th March 2012 12:01 AM
    5/10, admired, angle, angles, art, board, carpentry, chris, cut, deviation, edge, group, hall, hopper, inside, japanese, joinery, joint, measured, nailed, post, posts, project, sense, series, slope, structures, study, subject, topic
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,632
    Pam
    2nd April 2012, 04:45 PM Go to last post

  5. A New home for Japanese Woodwork on the web!!

    Started by Yxoc, 28th January 2015 10:28 PM
    home, japanese, web, woodwork
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,972
    Yxoc
    28th January 2015, 10:28 PM Go to last post

  6. Chris Hall's Carpentry Study Group - Second Project

    Started by Yxoc, 17th March 2012 09:49 PM
    boards, carpentry, chris, corners, cross, cut, focus, group, hall, hopper, joinery, joint, meet, mortice, mortices, parallelogram, photo, piece, project, roof, roofs, section, shape, slope, sloped, square, study, surface, surfaces, tenon
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 2,213
    Yxoc
    20th March 2012, 09:22 AM Go to last post

  7. Chris Hall's Carpentry Study Group - Fifth Project

    Started by Yxoc, 1st October 2012 04:12 PM
    5 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5
    235142, carpentry, chris, group, hall, halls, project, study 106 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 64
    • Views: 10,801
    Yxoc
    11th July 2014, 11:08 PM Go to last post

  8. Chris Hall's Carpentry Study Group - Third Project

    Started by Yxoc, 20th March 2012 11:37 PM
    beam, bracing, carpentry, chris, complete, corner, corners, cross, floor, form, graphic, group, hall, hopper, inside, leg, legs, mortices, post, project, required, sawhorse, section, shape, slope, square, stretchers, study, tenon, top
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,526
    Yxoc
    23rd March 2012, 11:56 AM Go to last post

  9. Chris Hall's Carpentry Study Group - Fourth Project

    Started by Yxoc, 26th March 2012 09:12 PM
    202822, 202823, 202824, backwards, bit, bits, blog, carefully, carpentry, chris, components, fall, follow, forwards, found, fourth, framing, group, hall, information, inside, model, plane, project, raw, roof, search, stock, study, woodworking
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 4,006
    ian
    14th September 2012, 11:40 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
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    jwoodcraft
    8th July 2022, 05:06 AM Go to last post

  11. work injuries

    Started by yojimbo, 11th April 2008 02:50 AM
    3rd, activity, ambidextrous, becky, bizarre, bought, conditioning, develops, dominant, experience, fairly, goin, injuries, injury, involves, job, left, nuts, pass, patiently, realize, shoulder, skill, starting, time, time-sensitive, tools, wood-related, woodwork, work
    • Replies: 2
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    yojimbo
    12th April 2008, 01:32 AM Go to last post

  12. 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: 12,355
    Sheets
    31st May 2009, 08:55 AM Go to last post

  13. 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

  14. Ura-oshi method. Have a screwed up my new chisel

    Started by yellowtimber, 12th September 2018 03:00 AM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    12 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 7,020
    hurcorh
    22nd September 2018, 01:29 AM Go to last post

  15. Japanese wooden nails - bit and nails - make your own

    Started by woodPixel, 25th April 2018 01:12 PM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 4,880
    woodPixel
    25th April 2018, 01:12 PM Go to last post

  16. The making of a Japanese Chisel

    Started by woodPixel, 17th February 2021 10:51 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 1,240
    old workshop
    14th March 2021, 06:10 AM Go to last post

  17. white + blue steel

    Started by woodie one, 27th August 2010 07:43 PM
    blue, chart, differences, explanation, flow, found, lost, recently, steel, steels, types, white
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 4,898
    Halicon
    15th November 2010, 06:58 PM Go to last post

  18. Information about a kanna I bought.

    Started by Woodforge, 26th September 2021 06:46 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 918
    woodPixel
    1st October 2021, 10:54 PM 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. Japanese artlicles in Aust. Wood Review

    Started by willie, 24th February 2007 06:05 PM
    #54, article, artlicles, aust, australian, blacksmiths, blades, club, couple, experts, issue, japan, japanese, joined, living, planes, review, seperate, sharpeners, sharpening, style, wood, woodworker, woodworking
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,019
    willie
    24th February 2007, 06:05 PM Go to last post

  21. Kiridashi - please explain.

    Started by willie, 9th May 2007 01:34 PM
    carpenters, carry, change, comfortable, explain, ideas, impressions, kiridashi, knife, knives, marking, purpose, reading, remember, schoolkids, time, tool, tools, vaguely
    • Replies: 3
    • Views: 13,689
    willie
    10th May 2007, 12:05 AM Go to last post

  22. 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
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    Sheets
    17th May 2008, 05:33 AM Go to last post

  23. Moved: Workbench layout for Japanese tools

    Started by wilburpan, 16th October 2007 03:30 AM
    japanese, layout, tools, workbench
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  24. Natural Japanese waterstones

    Started by wilburpan, 19th September 2008 09:36 PM
    5 Pages •
    1 2 3 4 5
    #12000, #16000, #30000, #8000, chisel, cons, discussion, easier, edge, elementary, expensive, figured, fourth, giving, hope, japanese, naniwa, natural, neil, noticed, option, page, people, pick, pros, shapton, start, thread, waterstones, wink
    • Replies: 69
    • Views: 23,668
    NeilS
    27th March 2010, 12:42 PM Go to last post

  25. What do you use for removing a lot of metal?

    Started by wilburpan, 2nd September 2008 08:24 PM
    2 Pages •
    1 2
    1000, 120, 220, coarse, coarser, concerned, cuts, diamond, dish, dmt, ebay, fed, finer, grit, lot, low, metal, natural, picked, picking, quickly, rate, removing, shapton, stone, stones, suggestions, takes, tendency, worry
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 4,649
    Woodjoint
    7th September 2008, 08:12 AM Go to last post

  26. Moved: Japanese tool users: what's your workbench like?

    Started by wilburpan, 2nd April 2008 04:27 AM
    japanese, tool, users, workbench
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  27. Cool Japanese adjustable tongue plane

    Started by wilburpan, 9th July 2010 06:03 AM
    adjustable, blog, blogs, book, can’t, chapter, cool, cypress, giant, i’ve, japanese, link, mention, mentioned, night, odate’s, plane, planes, post, posts, reason, spirit, times, tongue, tools, toshio, tradition, tuned, woodworking, write
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,590
    dynoforce
    19th July 2010, 11:04 PM Go to last post

  28. 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: 959
    Wigwood
    9th August 2020, 11:20 AM Go to last post

  29. Kumiko course at Sturt School for Wood

    Started by Wigwood, 27th March 2021 07:38 AM
    1 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,086
    Wigwood
    27th March 2021, 07:38 AM Go to last post

  30. Basic/Intermediate Kumiko course - Sturt Woodworking School

    Started by Wigwood, 24th October 2021 08:50 AM
    6 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 1,252
    Wigwood
    24th October 2021, 08:57 AM Go to last post
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