Thread: Japan Kanna Fix

I decided to buy a old kanna to fix (Old woodplane blade). A old rusty japanese kanna that needed some time on the stones.. After a long time on DMT to straight out the bevel i took it to the naturals. when i finished I tried using a few diffrent stones to bring out the lines in the softer steel. from Uchigumori to tomo fingerstones, with no success i just got a kasumi finish with diffrent mist/fog on the KU but no lines. Then i took my coticule with 0 pressure and water running constantly on the stone, this worked pretty well and the lines could now be seen.
This was a fun experiment and something im very new to

(sorry for bad phone pics.)

Here is a pic of the back.

The right one. Don't know Kanji and the letters are pretty worn =/

Do you have the plane also?Ihave a couple old planes,Every time I have tried to use one I destroy the workpiece

Don't have it. I'm gonna make a the woodbase myself.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Do you have the plane also?Ihave a couple old planes,Every time I have tried to use one I destroy the workpiece

Originally Posted by MrMagnus

Here is a pic of the back.

The right one. Don't know Kanji and the letters are pretty worn =/

The back's pretty worn too. Do you think there is enough steel to hollow it out like the middle pic. ?
btw, good job on the omote (front).

Originally Posted by onimaru55

The back's pretty worn too. Do you think there is enough steel to hollow it out like the middle pic. ?
btw, good job on the omote (front).

yeah its not a new blade. its been used. yes if i wanted i could hollow it more but no need.

I'm a Carpenter and I wish I had a £1 for every plane I've honed, many people don't realize that you always have two angles on a plane the grinding angle and a smaller cutting angle just in case you accidentally damage the edge then it's quite easy to remove the cutting edge rather than trying to hone the entire grinding angle if you get my drift, still a very nice piece of steel, but looks even to small to fit my block plane.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

I'm a Carpenter and I wish I had a £1 for every plane I've honed, many people don't realize that you always have two angles on a plane the grinding angle and a smaller cutting angle just in case you accidentally damage the edge then it's quite easy to remove the cutting edge rather than trying to hone the entire grinding angle if you get my drift, still a very nice piece of steel, but looks even to small to fit my block plane.

It's not suppose to fit your block .
Japanese traditional kannas dont have micro bevels. Thay only have one. This one is 70mm wide. These blades are designed to plane soft wood. Sometimes thay make a higher angle on the bevel if thay use it for hard woods....