Japanese Smoothing Plane
TORYO HOMARE Blade 65 mm triangle Head White Oak Body - Blue Steel No. 1 NAKANO
Available, delivery time: 2-3 days
Product information
This smoothing plane with a white oak body and hand-forged blade is crafted by Master Takeo Nakano in Yoita (Niigata Province).
„TORYO HOMARE” means: "The Honor of the Master Carpenter."
The base material for the hard Aogami steel (Blue Steel No. 1) is „Nama-ji” and is sourced from old iron bridge connectors from the 19th century. Inclusions in this iron make it easier to sharpen the very hard Aogami steel. The blade has a triangular back.
Master Nakano has spent his entire life as a blacksmith. Required temperature charts for forging do not interest him; he works solely from experience and intuition. In his view, the temperature during the forging process is also heavily dependent on the weather. He prefers to temper the blades at night because he can see the tempering colors better then. This plane has the typical traditional cutting angle of 40° for Japanese planes.
Delivered in a beautiful wooden box.
| Features | |
|---|---|
| Iron width | 65 mm |
| Iron thickness at the start of the bevel | 6 mm |
| Iron thickness at the back | 8 mm |
| Body size | 288 × 84 × 35 mm |
| Material | Aogami Steel (Blue Steel No. 1) |
| Cutting angle | 40° |
| Packaging | Wooden box |
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