Hello and welcome back to my blog. Â Today’s post continues a series in which I’m building a butler’s desk of American black walnut, in this post I will detail the process in which I make custom hardware for the fold down desk of brass using machine tools and files. A …
Hello and welcome to my blog, in today’s post I will discuss the preparations I have been making to compete in Mokuchi’s 3rd annual Kez. Â I have not previously attended so I’m very excited to be a part of the action this year. Â Kezurou-kai, a Japanese planing competition, is mostly …
Thank you for visiting my blog.  In this series I am preparing the kanna dai, or wooden body of a Japanese hand plane.  The parts of a new plane are each individually made by craftsmen who specialize in a portion of the total process.  The blacksmith’s task is to forge the …
Hello and welcome back to my blog. In this series I will be preparing a Kanna (Japanese hand plane) for upcoming work. The kanna, by Nakano with a dai cut by Inomoto-san is newly made but not quite ready for use. High quality preparation of this blade, made of Hitachi …