I just purchased my first kanna from ebay. It was a bit of an impulse buy, however it looks good. I have been looking at buying a kanna for while but have been outbid all the time. It was sold as used but it looks like new old stock to me. My reason for buying the kanna was that it was $30. It came in a nice presentation box, indicative of some level of quality. It is a tsutsumi style closed mouth dai, not a gaping void. The osae-gani~ control iron/chip breaker is very thick and looks cleanly made instead a pressed metal you find on many cheap kanna. Unfortunately there was no photos of the blade bevel so I do not know if its a kamaji wrought iron blade. Also it has the price sticker on it for $15000 yen about $160 Australian. Since its old stock it was not a super cheap plane in its day.
Can anyone tell me what is written on the blade, dai or box? Or if anyone knows anything about the brand or maker that would be also great.
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