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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: 31,467
    12th April 2007, 05:39 PM Go to last post
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 20,648
    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: 38,779
    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: 18,300
    24th March 2007, 01:01 PM Go to last post
  4. 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: 35,497
    23rd August 2020, 03:55 PM Go to last post
  5. 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: 18,097
    11th March 2007, 03:19 PM Go to last post
  6. 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: 10,835
    3rd March 2007, 05:32 PM Go to last post
  1. 2015 Japan Miki Tool Festival

    Started by Mockingbird, 17th November 2015 07:11 PM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 5,813
    30th November 2015, 03:03 PM Go to last post
  2. A few hammers

    Started by AB515, 30th July 2014 01:17 AM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    • Replies: 16
    • Views: 3,408
    7th August 2014, 12:06 AM Go to last post
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,508
    13th May 2015, 01:39 PM Go to last post
    • Replies: 19
    • Views: 12,380
    12th June 2019, 07:47 AM Go to last post
  3. A master at work

    Started by hurcorh, 4th September 2022 08:41 AM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 884
    4th September 2022, 08:41 AM Go to last post
  4. A neck chisel

    Started by GRadice, 27th October 2023 02:06 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 821
    17th November 2023, 05:45 AM 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: 1,956
    28th January 2015, 10:28 PM Go to last post
  6. A pair of kiwaggana

    Started by GRadice, 29th April 2022 12:38 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 1,128
    21st June 2023, 01:56 AM Go to last post
  7. A revelation...

    Started by Denim, 19th March 2010 11:55 AM
    2 Pages
    1 2
    accurate, action, ago, behold, birthday, bunnings, cheapie, clean, confident, convert, couple, cursed, cut, cuts, difference, dozuki, easy, finally, garage, happy, low, months, night, past, perfectly, procrastinating, revelation, thursday, week, wow
    • Replies: 20
    • Views: 3,711
    11th May 2010, 03:49 PM Go to last post
  8. A Second Chisel Done!

    Started by Stu in Tokyo, 3rd September 2008 10:56 PM
    akagashi, badly, beefy, bottom, bring, buck, cheers, chisel, evergreen, hair, handle, hard, idea, incorrect, japanese, nice, oak, pitted, replace, rough, rusted, shape, sharp, shaving, shined, solid, steel, treat, user, wood
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 3,411
    4th September 2008, 01:00 PM Go to last post
  9. Thumbs up A Visit to a Japanese Knife/Chisel Shop

    Started by Ruffy, 11th July 2004 11:25 PM
    6mm, additionally, attend, boss, cheapest, chisels, comprises, couple, days, difference, explained, extra, finished, folds, grades, japanese, knife or chisel, late, maintain, primarily, product, quality, sale, set, sharpen, shop, staying, steel, time, visit
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 4,291
    13th July 2004, 12:17 AM Go to last post
  10. abused chisels - worth a punt?

    Started by Clinton1, 31st December 2013 11:32 AM
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,147
    1st January 2014, 12:51 PM Go to last post
  11. Question Addresses to buy japanese tools in japan?

    Started by fjuhec, 29th June 2007 05:15 PM
    3 Pages
    1 2 3
    addresses, blacksmiths, buy, chisels, forum, found, japan, japanese, knife, knifes, month, shape, sites, started, takes, tools, web, woodcarving
    • Replies: 41
    • Views: 11,851
    3rd January 2008, 10:13 AM Go to last post
  12. Advice on which diamond whetstones to buy

    Started by Gadge, 26th August 2014 09:45 AM
    advice, buy, diamond, whetstones
    • Replies: 12
    • Views: 3,135
    28th August 2014, 05:08 PM Go to last post
  13. Advice Please.. first Japanese chisel

    Started by Paddy, 13th October 2007 10:57 AM
    advice, amount, chisel, cutting, damages, diamond, edge, expect, flat, grind, hard, hollow, home, japanese, life, material, mik, normal, noticed, paddy, reasonable, removed, short, skew, stand, stone, stones, water, whilst, wood
    • Replies: 14
    • Views: 4,116
    16th October 2007, 12:46 AM Go to last post
  14. Advice re Teruo Miyanga chisels?

    Started by Skew ChiDAMN!!, 18th October 2011 03:16 AM
    3mm, advice, angles, bring, chisel, chisels, cleaning, dovetail, facets, flared, hand, handles, inch, manufacture, miyanga, oil, persevere, pins/tails, pretty, profile, reason, remove, returning, size, stay, teruo, tight, tools, users, whatsoever
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 3,403
    20th October 2011, 12:25 PM Go to last post
  15. All In The Family?

    Started by Sheets, 10th February 2011 08:47 AM
    alex, blacksmith, blade, brand, called, center, dai, dogyu, ebay, family, forge, identical, imoto, info, iron, japanese, kanji, kanna, left, main, markings, masao, miki, pic, so-san, steel, sukeichi, tamahagane, technology, times
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,686
    11th February 2011, 01:23 PM Go to last post
  16. 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: 5,895
    8th June 2005, 03:45 PM Go to last post
  17. An azebiki and mentori kanna

    Started by GRadice, 12th April 2023 12:48 PM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 493
    12th April 2023, 12:48 PM Go to last post
  18. An Oire Nomi WIP: Part I - Initial review on receipt

    Started by Groggy, 13th April 2007 10:13 PM
    bugged, business, chisel, chisels, complete, condition, feel, finished, flaws, initial, instructions, level, marples, nomi, oire, plastic, post, ready, receipt, rest, review, set, smoother, soatoz, socket, standards, standing, visible, western, wip
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 6,224
    9th August 2007, 01:13 PM Go to last post
  19. An Oire Nomi WIP: Part II - Sharpening Station setup

    Started by Groggy, 12th August 2007 09:15 PM
    .25mm, angle, blade, bucket, cupboard, elevated, empty, grit, hard, helps, king, nomi, oire, pics, planed, pushing, rest, setup, sharpening, shavings, sitting, stabilise, stand, station, stone, stones, support, towel, water, wip
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 2,798
    12th August 2007, 09:15 PM Go to last post
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 3,197
    20th August 2007, 07:36 PM Go to last post
  20. Another Dai, Another Dollar,...

    Started by Sheets, 14th May 2014 09:41 AM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,167
    25th May 2014, 10:58 AM Go to last post
  21. Any Information On KeiSaburo KeiZaburo

    Started by thumbsucker, 10th April 2017 01:26 AM
    • Replies: 13
    • Views: 4,555
    28th February 2018, 09:53 AM Go to last post
  22. Any one know what this tool is?

    Started by jwoodcraft, 26th October 2022 02:33 PM
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 1,472
    30th March 2023, 11:36 AM Go to last post
  23. Anybody know how this kana with set screws works?

    Started by jwoodcraft, 17th November 2023 09:27 AM
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 446
    20th November 2023, 12:08 PM Go to last post
  24. Anybody Used Tokusa?

    Started by Sheets, 12th June 2012 07:09 AM
    abrasive, experience, horse, info, prepared, reed, steve, tail, tokusa
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,545
    16th June 2012, 09:59 AM Go to last post
  25. Anyone can identify these chisels?

    Started by Plysters, 10th September 2012 07:04 PM
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 2,982
    8th October 2012, 02:03 AM Go to last post
  26. Anyone fancy basket making??

    Started by Old-Biker-UK, 8th December 2017 07:32 AM
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 9,188
    8th December 2017, 07:32 AM Go to last post
  27. 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: 1,997
    26th September 2008, 08:39 PM Go to last post

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