Making Handles for Japanese Handsaws
A while back I received a box full of old Japanese handsaws from a friend. They were in various states, with some coated with rust,… Read More »Making Handles for Japanese Handsaws
A while back I received a box full of old Japanese handsaws from a friend. They were in various states, with some coated with rust,… Read More »Making Handles for Japanese Handsaws
Tansu are traditional Japanese cabinets. They come in a huge range of shapes, sizes and styles, and many evolved from a need for mobile storage.… Read More »Cherry Tansu with Twisted Dovetails
We made it to the finish folks, this is the last post for the White Oak Shoji Cabinet project. Thanks for following along. With the… Read More »White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Finale
With the dovetail joinery wrapped up and the case assembled, I started to work on the 8 doors. After milling the door frame stock to… Read More »White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Doors
Once the design for this furniture project was decided, I ordered up a massive pile of nara (Japanese white oak) and started making parts. The… Read More »White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Dovetail Joinery
This past summer I had a custom furniture project for a client overseas. The commissioned project was a custom white oak cabinet with shoji screen… Read More »White Oak Shoji Cabinet – Design
This past summer I spent three months in Okayama working with Somakosha on prep work for a couple of overseas projects. During that time I… Read More »Sharpening Kanna : An Evolving Method Part 5
Yamamoto Kanna – Extreme Macro Over the course of the past year of so, I’ve been using a pocket microscope more and more frequently during… Read More »Sharpening Kanna : an Evolving Method Part 4
In the previous post on ha-ganna sharpening I started to talk about having difficulties getting a good cut with my 60 degree blade. My other… Read More »Ha-Ganna : Sharpening 2
I spent this past April once again working with Somakosha and had the pleasure of taking part in the raising of a small timber frame… Read More »Japanese Timber Framing – Ita-kura House