Kanna

Suzuki-ya is dedicated to bringing fine handmade Japanese tools to those who require a higher standard of quality for their professional and personal use.

Suzuki-ya is dedicated to bringing fine handmade Japanese tools to those who require a higher standard of quality for their professional and personal use.

Furniture Maker ~ Dennis Young: Japanese tools

Setting up Ha-ganna 葉鉋, the process for making and fitting dai for individual ha-ganna blades.

Many of us have seen videos of Japanese hand planning competitions where the contenders are competing which individual (in some cases its a team) is capable of producing the widest…

I didn’t feel like working in the shop the last few days. I put my creative efforts to work at the drawing board, instead. Trying to find detailed instructions for fabricating a kanna dai is…

With regard to Hand Planes, you will definitely get excellent value for your money with Japanese models. The simplicity of the planes is unique and therefore a good basic Japanese Plane will set you back less than half the price of a good basic Western version.

After reading a few of the comments from my last post it is clear that I should have added a little background information pertaining to the drawings that I posted on kanna fabrication. I’ve…

So after all these years it seems I've been seduced by hand planes. I had the pleasure of being introduced to some very well tuned hand planes recently and...

The Hikoki Ganna (Mullion Plane) is traditionally used in building Japanese Shoji screens and doors. It allows you to plane a number of strips of wood for the posts and frames at the same time to a consistent dimension.

With regard to Hand Planes, you will definitely get excellent value for your money with Japanese models. The simplicity of the planes is unique and therefore a good basic Japanese Plane will set you back less than half the price of a good basic Western version.

Ha-ganna | Japanese Hand Tools | Suzuki-ya

With regard to Hand Planes, you will definitely get excellent value for your money with Japanese models. The simplicity of the planes is unique and therefore a good basic Japanese Plane will set you back less than half the price of a good basic Western version.

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