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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 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

  2. 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: 18,251
    Groggy
    11th March 2007, 03:19 PM Go to last post

  3. 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: 35,761
    NeilS
    23rd August 2020, 03:55 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: 18,491
    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: 39,033
    soatoz
    15th March 2007, 06:58 PM Go to last post

  6. 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: 20,810
    Sheets
    16th May 2009, 08:46 AM Go to last post

  7. 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: 31,632
    Clinton1
    12th April 2007, 05:39 PM Go to last post

  1. Zhen Knives and knife block

    Started by Bushmiller, 19th January 2013 10:13 PM
    250386250387250388, 250395250394, ahead, anxiety, blades, block, chefs, day, depiction, desperation, dimensions, extrapolated, finish, hole, horribly, imagination, knife, knives, larger, original, photo, project, pws, section, secure, site, stretch, web, wrong, zhen 10 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 6
    • Views: 3,593
    Bushmiller
    20th January 2013, 12:27 PM Go to last post

  2. Z Saw Japanese Compound Saw Guide - Thoughts?

    Started by cpsmusic, 7th July 2022 03:52 PM
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 1,146
    Vann
    9th July 2022, 05:08 PM Go to last post

  3. Yosuke Inoue

    Started by rmihai, 24th April 2015 09:59 PM
    inoue, yosuke
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,218
    rmihai
    24th April 2015, 09:59 PM Go to last post

  4. Yokoyama Kunio Plane and the Delamination line.Is that normal?

    Started by Plysters, 3rd December 2012 04:39 AM
    243173, bought, brother, care, delamination, durability, effect, experience, iron, issue, japan-tool, kou, kunio, line.is, lineis, normal, perform, performance, picture.and, plane, ply, sharp, soatoz, steel, time, togo, wanna, worry, yokoyama 3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 3,350
    Plysters
    18th February 2013, 04:57 PM Go to last post

  5. Yari Ganna/Kanna in Australia

    Started by Kate84TS, 29th June 2017 12:41 PM
    • Replies: 3
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    Kate84TS
    29th June 2017, 07:22 PM Go to last post

  6. Moved: Workbench layout for Japanese tools

    Started by wilburpan, 16th October 2007 03:30 AM
    japanese, layout, tools, workbench
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  7. 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
    • Views: 1,815
    yojimbo
    12th April 2008, 01:32 AM Go to last post

  8. 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: 5,646
    markbergman
    15th September 2008, 08:05 AM Go to last post

  9. Woodworking in Japan

    Started by raptor, 30th October 2014 02:39 PM
    japan, woodworking 4 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 7
    • Views: 9,998
    Mashu
    5th November 2016, 12:14 PM Go to last post

  10. woodshop climate

    Started by ObairLaimhe, 24th July 2012 08:01 AM
    120, blades, bring, celsius, chisels, climate, cooling, cycles, decided, environment, excess, heating, helicopters, house, idea, issue, japanese, kanna, level, mid-day, middle, night, police, security, shop, stable, thinking, toolbox, usa, woodshop
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 3,133
    rsser
    23rd February 2013, 12:27 PM Go to last post

  11. Wood planing competition in Uwajima 2012

    Started by gms002a, 24th May 2013 02:27 PM
    2012, competition, planing, uwajima, wood, youtube
    • Replies: 9
    • Views: 2,863
    NeilS
    28th May 2013, 10:52 AM Go to last post

  12. Wood for nomi handles

    Started by derekcohen, 25th May 2007 11:33 AM
    bachi, chisels, chosen, convert, dark, derek, ebony, element, existing, expect, frowned, handles, jarrah, light, mix, nomi, oak, perth, push/paring, red, shorter, striking, thicker, thin, tools, touch, traditionalists, white, wonderfully, wood
    • Replies: 6
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    Scribbly Gum
    30th May 2007, 09:35 PM Go to last post

  13. Why is this so?

    Started by HUON, 21st February 2016 09:53 PM
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    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 21
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    NeilS
    18th February 2017, 11:06 AM Go to last post

  14. Who's the Melbourne outlet forSharkSaws now?

    Started by billrule, 6th November 2009 01:20 AM
    bill, blade, cheers, details, forsharksaws, geelong, goalposts, live, melbourne, moved, outlet, quickly, road, time, wear
    • Replies: 0
    • Views: 1,813
    billrule
    6th November 2009, 01:20 AM Go to last post

  15. 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

  16. which scale is this?

    Started by hillpanther, 15th April 2012 07:00 PM
    200, advance, aus, bought, carpenter, dolars, found, it.thanx, japanese, love, recently, scale, scrap, woodworking.just, yard, yen
    • Replies: 9
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    hillpanther
    15th April 2012, 08:55 PM Go to last post

  17. 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: 10,570
    NeilS
    3rd April 2014, 12:37 PM Go to last post

  18. 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: 7,864
    Sheets
    20th August 2009, 12:46 PM Go to last post

  19. Where in Melbourne??

    Started by Tolmie, 19th June 2014 03:43 PM
    buy, hand, japanese, melbourne, smell, taste, tools, touch, veiw 2 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 8
    • Views: 2,785
    thumbsucker
    22nd June 2014, 12:31 PM Go to last post

  20. Where Else

    Started by SHIPPERS, 16th January 2008 01:15 PM
    carbetec, gday, hand, handtools, happy, japanese, melb, merry, purchase, saws, specifically, stick, xmas
    • Replies: 5
    • Views: 2,123
    SHIPPERS
    25th January 2008, 10:34 PM Go to last post

  21. Where could I buy Kunio Plane?

    Started by Plysters, 26th June 2012 04:52 AM
    buy, contact, english, helloeverybody, japan-tool, kunio, plane, ply, quit, seller, yokoyama
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 3,284
    Schtoo
    29th June 2012, 12:54 AM Go to last post

  22. What's the Japanese method of dimensioning lumber?

    Started by applebuilder, 20th September 2009 01:05 PM
    board, design, dimensioned, dimensioning, edges, experts, hand, intact, japanese, leaves, level, lumber, matter, method, pick, plane, referencing, smoothing, specialized, square, started, sticks, straight, subtle, surface, tools, tradition, western, winding, wondering
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 3,235
    applebuilder
    22nd September 2009, 01:29 PM Go to last post

  23. Moved: What sort of wood do I use to make a Japanese style small workbench?

    Started by Brendan1152, 25th June 2008 06:09 PM
    japanese, make, small, sort, style, wood, workbench
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  24. 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

  25. What about Yamahiro?

    Started by TND-storm, 19th May 2007 08:54 PM
    chisels, discovered, funahiro, heard, hobby, info, italian, japanese, liuthery, marco, nomi, oire, ouchi, seller, suggested, tools, woodworking, yamahiro
    • Replies: 1
    • Views: 4,076
    soatoz
    20th May 2007, 08:00 PM Go to last post

  26. Website

    Started by Andy Mac, 1st June 2007 10:16 AM
    beautiful, cheers, excellent, guys, hardware, japanese, links, newbie, post, timberwerks, tools, website
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,942
    Woodjoint
    8th September 2007, 04:01 PM Go to last post

  27. Was this a good deal and is anyone able to identify the smith please ?

    Started by KahoyKutter, 28th August 2019 07:53 PM
    9 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 9
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    KahoyKutter
    9th September 2019, 08:45 AM Go to last post

  28. Wari Kebiki – Japanese slitting gauge

    Started by Pac man, 4th February 2023 12:52 PM
    3 Attachment(s)
    • Replies: 5
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    jchi
    6th May 2023, 02:26 AM Go to last post

  29. videos of nomi and kanna forging???

    Started by correntinos, 2nd April 2010 10:27 PM
    adress, forging, javier, kanna, lot, nomi, soameone, videos, web, world
    • Replies: 4
    • Views: 2,164
    correntinos
    4th April 2010, 06:51 AM Go to last post

  30. Video on Manufacture of Japanese Hand Tools

    Started by Ruffy, 11th July 2004 08:52 AM
    chisels, hand, japanese, manufacture, tools, video
    • Replies: 11
    • Views: 5,491
    NeilS
    25th September 2007, 10:26 PM Go to last post
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