Tool Examples

Small knives (ko-gatana 小刀)
Left is laminated kiridashi (切出し)
right is HSS jointer blade.

Kebiki (毛引) marking gauges and spare blade.









Naga-dai kanna (長台鉋), blade 65mm
by Sakata Haruo 坂田 春雄


Frame saw of oak and maple. 1/2-13 bolt, 1/4" pin,
1" bandsaw blade section. Cheap and effective.

Section of bandsaw blade and detail of blade mounting.


 tools for small mortises
Shinogi-nomi - work well for detail work due to triangular cross-section.

3-section bamboo splitter from Hidatool.com
kikai-shakuri-kanna, 6mm=2bu
grooving or plow plane




Modified plane for cutting thin kumiko for shoji.