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A break from holiday madness
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 1:32 pm
by Brian
Re: A break from holiday madness
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 4:07 pm
by HBjorch
That's very nice indeed. Nothing like a little escapism from the holiday pressure. I'm very new to this world of Japanese carpentry, what kind/size of kanna is this, if I may ask?
Re: A break from holiday madness
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 2:24 pm
by Brian
Yokoyama Kunio in Tougou-kou high carbon steel, 70mm wide.
Spent a bit more time fine tuning the sole this morning, since I setup my Dai-naoshi-ganna, nice improvement over scraping with a hand scraper like I did initially before the proper tool arrived.
Chris' blog has some awesome write-ups on setup for both blades and dai, worth a read.....or many many reads. I followed along with Chris' write-up as closely as I could and turned out nice fine shavings without much issue.
Yokoyama Kunio's blades are fairly rustic, but I was able to maintain a nice looking ura by following along closely, which included taping out and removing some twist. I can say, with certainty, I would have not been comfortable doing the twist-removal or even known to do so, without having read the write-ups. I had not seen that sort of thing anywhere else, but it is quite possibly the biggest of the reasons why I have a nice fine landing around the ura.
Re: A break from holiday madness
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 3:10 pm
by Scott
Brian, I wonder do you mean Yokoyama Kunio maker and Togo-Reigou steel? You guys have mentioned a man who sells tools here,
http://www.japan-tool.com/ and that is a kanna I have and wonder if it is the same. I got mine from Shawn in Seattle.
Re: A break from holiday madness
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 3:38 pm
by Brian
Same maker, he uses a variety of different steels. Tougou-Kou is a modern version of Tougou-Reigou, and so slightly less expensive since it is more available.
So Yamashita may have been the original seller.
Re: A break from holiday madness
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2015 4:58 pm
by shawn M
The togou-Kou is a really nice kanna! the edge lasts long and is not too difficult to sharpen.