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    Fixing a Chipped Japanese Chisel Blade

    Very cool. Yeah Japanese chsiels love to eat fingers. Flattening the backs tends to sharpen the ariss corner of the back and side. Many times i have been sharpening mine and noticed blood dripping down to the stone.
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    Fixing a Chipped Japanese Chisel Blade

    Yep! Looks like a really nice chisel. its normal for the hoops to not be installled. That is up to the purchaser to setup the chisels how they like.
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    Fixing a Chipped Japanese Chisel Blade

    Looks good so far! By the way, if you sharpen Japanese chisels with a single bevel and use certain stones, you get a nice visible lamination line between the jigane (iron) and hagane (hard steel), this is called the hazakai. On hand forged ones you can see that a blacksmith will usually make...
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    Fixing a Chipped Japanese Chisel Blade

    I'd probably turn them on the lathe since you have access. Another thing to note, if you use the "burnt silk finish" in the article, it looks really nice and traditional. You can do this to the hoops AND the metal part between the handle and blade and it looks really nice together. Make sure...
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    Even more trammels!

    Thought i would share these trammels here as you guys would probably appreciate this (my wife and friends weren’t as impressed as i was ) Anyways, (background: i live in a city that has a large Boeing factory), a couple of years ago i was driving and saw signs for an Estate Sale pointing down...
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    Fixing a Chipped Japanese Chisel Blade

    Looking great! And very generous of that guy ! The part you are calling ferrule is typically referred to as hoop or crown. There is a tool to set it https://www.amazon.co.uk/KAKURI-Japanese-Chisel-Setting-40900/dp/B0CN8FD8G1 But personally I never bought the tool and just use an automotive...
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    Japanese Tool show and competition

    Thats one reason I like ordering tools from Stan Covington and Sons. He only sells really high quality woodworking tools. Nothing too fancy, just nice tools that will actually do hard work well. You don't have the biggest choice for things but thats a good thing and prices are usually reasonable.
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    Fixing a Chipped Japanese Chisel Blade

    geez, that is actually dirt cheap for a decent kanaban, I think I spent $100 on mine. I also have the Veritas version and that one was $60 or so. I see what you mean though, that site's prices seem too good to be true.
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    Fixing a Chipped Japanese Chisel Blade

    I hear you on the 240 stone. If you use a jig to sharpen it gets dished out super fast from the wheel. If you wan to see whats possible on restoring the ura, check this guy out. Goes above and beyond what anyone I've seen do. I don't have a sen to use but would try some of this but not to...
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    My take on Richard Maguire’s (The English Woodworker) danish stool

    I've seen seagrass used, as well as birch bark for various stools and chairs. In fact, I had an easier time finding seagrass when I was looking for the paper cord. But being a danish style stool I was trying to make it look more authentic (even though I ended up using hemp cord). Its all...
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    Screw-adjusted plough plane

    I use an old Stanley 50 without the lever adjust. It works well enough. If i ever get some extra cash though I will replace it with a new Veritas Boxmaker's plow though.
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    My take on Richard Maguire’s (The English Woodworker) danish stool

    Well, it is pretty comfy, the weaving stretches a bit to conform to you. However, i tried using it for woodworking in my garage for a bit and the top just catches wood chips and dust etc. So it kind of sits by the door as a sort of temporary book storage for people to set stuff on lol.
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    Fixing a Chipped Japanese Chisel Blade

    Gotcha, could be as Woodbloke mentioned, where the ferrule(kuchigane) gets in the way. I never use the ruler trick on chisels since it makes them hard to pare with. I don't use the ruler trick ( or secondary bevels) on Japanese planes for fear of the ancient spirits striking me down.
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    Fixing a Chipped Japanese Chisel Blade

    Was it like someone used the infamous "ruler trick"? or is it bent? I hate trying to fix the ruler trick ones.
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    My take on Richard Maguire’s (The English Woodworker) danish stool

    Funny you mentioned that as I am currently watching his new chairmaking tools series as we speak. The other recent ones are good too, on sharpening, and tuning the gents saw from Veritas.
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