Planemakers and their Blades: Tōkyō Region

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Planemakers and their Blades: Tōkyō Region

Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:43 pm

In this section I'll be posting up information on Tōkyō area blacksmiths and the plane blades they make. I'll list the blades by maker - some smiths make but one type of plane, while others make dozens of models, some some under various brand names. It's a bit of a thicket to wade through, but I hope to prevail in the end.

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Re: Planemakers and their Blades: Tōkyō Region

Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:34 am

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I. 一貫斉  ikkansai Deceased, some NOS planes and blades can still be found. Lower end price point. Maker of various plane types. Not a famous smith, but reputed to have blades with a good cutting feel.
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Another Ikkansai smoothing plane, called the "色草の 月よさへ為り 虫の声" (Loosely translated: The sound of insects (虫の声) in the month when the grass becomes green):
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An unusual naga-dai tachi-ganna (long scraping plane):
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石堂輝秀 Ishidō, Teruhide. Real name was Kikuchi, Kiyokazu, lived 1900~1982. Succeeded by his son, Ishidō Hideo 石堂秀雄 (real name: )(1932-2006). The Ishidō forge has been in existence for nearly 400 years. The first generation to bear the name Ishidō was Koreichi (石堂是一) real name: Katō, Suketaro (加藤助太郎). He is considered to be the 8th generation smith (8代目) at the forge. His successor was Ishidō Shūichi (石堂秀一), who was then followed by Teruhide, Hideo, and now Ishidō Yoshinori (石堂良考). That makes 12 generations so far. It seem the current smith, Yoshinori, is concentrating on making small planes, knives, and kitchen knives, so when we are referring to woodworking planes we usually mean Ishidō, Teruhide's products.

The signature blade, Teruhide 輝秀, in Blue Steel #1:
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Another one, photo courtesy of member Craigak:
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The Ku-on 久遠 (lit. 'long and distant'), in a special Swedish Steel:
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The Shūei 寿永 (lit. 'long life'), in Blue Steel #1:
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The Ha-en 巴焔 ('encircling flame'), in special Swedish Steel:
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The Shi-on 師恩 (lit. blessing from the master'), in special Swedish steel:
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The Kokoro-zashi ('aspiration'), in Blue Steel#1"
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The Jigū 時空, ('emptiness of time'), in special Swedish steel:
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The Kimori 木守 ('protector of the tree'), in special Swedish steel:
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The Musō 無双 ('without compare'), in Swedish steel:
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The Kuro Musō 無双黒矢羽根, same plane as Musō with a blackened finish:
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The Sakari ('prosperity'), in Swedish steel:
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The Tonchinkan 遁珍閑 ('escape to a special quietude'):
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The Hi-un 飛雲 ('flight of clouds'), in Blue steel#1:
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M. 神田 規久夫 Kanda, Kikuo. The maker known as Mosaku (も作) One of the rising stars of the Tōkyō scene. Produces some beautiful plane blades and knives (no chisels). Produces blades in Swedish Steel, Blue Steel, and the difficult White Steel.

も作刻印 Mosaku Koku-in. A white steel blade. Koku-in (刻印) means 'engraved'.
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も作 Simply called 'Mosaku', and scraped with a sen:
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も作 富士 Mosaku Fuji
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も作茂経印 Mosaku Shigetsune In named after Kanda's father, Shigetsune (茂経). 'Migaki sen' scraped finish.
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渦巻き Uzumaki, which means 'vortex'.
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も作鎚目 Mosaku Tsuchi-me. Tsuchi-me means 'hammer-distressed finish'.
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も作矢羽 Mosaku Yabane - yabane meaning 'arrow feathers', fletching.
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も作綿帽子 Mosaku Watabōshi. Available in white steel, blue steel, or Swedish steel. Watabōshi means 'a head-dress, a cap' -a reference to the shape of the top of the plane blade.
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Kanda-san:
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Re: Planemakers and their Blades: Tōkyō Region

Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:06 am

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O. 尾島功大 Omori, Kōdai (deceased). Prolific blade maker.

This blade is found under the Chiyozuru brand, as the Chiyozuru Unju (千代鶴運壽), meaning celebrated/fated to live long:
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This blade is called Shigeteru (重輝), meaning massive radiance:
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Here's Hatsuyama (初山), meaning the start of the mountain:
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Re: Planemakers and their Blades: Tōkyō Region

Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:57 am

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Y. 山崎春吉 Yamazaki, Haruyoshi. Deceased.

'Enter the Valley', 入谷:
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'Explain the Revered', 釋尊:
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The Tensenju, 天仙寿, meaning, 'long life of the mountain hermit', in blue steel#1 with Japanese indigenous backing iron:
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Here are a couple of modern versions, using steel originally forged by Yamazaki:
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山崎正三 Yamazaki, Shōzō. Deceased. Maker of the famous Hidari Ichihiro line of tools. Predominantly a chisel maker, however he did produce a superb plane blade in white Steel #1:
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Here's a yariganna, 槍鉋, or spear-plane by the same maker:
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