Wow, incredible knowledge in my opinion! My great grandfather had one of these type of plane and I've inherited it, but he was not around to show me how to use it, and I have never met anyone who could. Now I'll be able to rehabilitate his old tool and make use of it myself, thank you very much! You can't imagine the gift this is to me!

It is so freaking awesome to see how much appreciation and joy you derive from those tools. I can relate.

You should get Alec Steele to make the blades for this style of plane and you make the dye. Then see how it stacks up against the Japanese plane. Would make for some great videos

Thank you for sharing your trip to Japan. I to have a love and appreciation of Japanese woodworking. I have been trying to study the many amazing jointery technics they use in furniture building. Thank you for sharing!

Wood cell thickness is around 20 microns, so your basically shaving one layer of cells! Well done, Samurai

@marson8870

3 жыл бұрын

Mindblowing.

Excellent video - a very satisfying way to pass my lunch break and get rid of the stress of work. Keep them coming

@aueret

5 жыл бұрын

Same here .. definetly three thumbs up. Greets from Berlin.

Your passion for your job is incredible. Its a dream to follow your work.

Your sharpening station is an area you could use some work. I use Naniwa Chosera stones- and I do it over the sink in the kitchen. Cleanliness is very important to achieving a pristine edge. The higher the grit to which you’re honing, the higher demands of cleanliness are required. You’re essentially transferring coarse grit up the chain from your 1k to your 30k and you can imagine what a rock pressed between to pieces of glass would do- it’s the same thing with your blade and stone. Ditch your sharpening station, build a sink bridge and rinse your stones often, especially on the higher grits. You’re obviously getting a good edge, but how your achieving that edge leaves a lot of room for improvement. To remove airborn and transferred contaminants, your stones should be cleaned before and after each use and your blade should be washed (scrubbed, not just rinsed) when changing from one grit to another.

@travsb1984

5 жыл бұрын

I've heard these sorts of arguments before and I used to clean my stones and blades while moving up the grits. I stopped doing it because of laziness and to be honest I have never noticed a difference when using Japanese style or Sharpton stones. These stones tend to use materials that are equal to or get harder as the grit goes up, so any larger material carried over would be quickly pulverized by the harder and finer stones. It could be that other stone types or sand papers are based on partial size only and don't necessarily increase in hardness at the grit increases. In that case if larger partials get transferred to the higher grits they would not really get ground down but could continue to cut the blade and stone at the lower grit (just speculation). I would argue that the more convenient sharpening is the more you do it, and a 30k edge doesn't last long. If you have free time to walk to your sink with your tools and sharpening station, then set your station up and wash each stone between uses good for you.

@ITzSmores

5 жыл бұрын

He does what he finds works for him

@johnvcougar

4 жыл бұрын

@@travsb1984 agreed. I don't go as high as 30K, my finest stone is 12K, and for just that one stone, I always make sure things are cleaned before hitting it for final polish. The lower grades ... meh. It's fine. But a little care with the grind residue doesn't hurt... Pretty messy stuff.

Great video, I tried to blow the dust of your bench about 3 times though. I feel like you have graduated to the highest level of carpentry and in doing so the highest level of appreciation for the craft. Congratulations on 16 microns and thank you for the inspiration to keep honing my own skills. Work smooth-

That was so enjoyable. Watching and learning about the sharpening process is fascinating. Glad you had a great time in Japan. I’ve always wanted to go.

Just got given a brand new kanna, looks the same as yours, by an old Japanese carpenter who bought it years ago and never used it. This video was perfect for me. I got some tips off the old guy, but you broke it down perfectly for me. Thanks very much!

Just got my first Japanese chisel the other day. Love the feel and cuts through wood like butter.And dont worry about price. If its what you want who cares.

@johnvcougar

4 жыл бұрын

Just don't ever drop the sucker.

I love how you've taken you O.C.D. and made it work for you in a positive manner. Mine just has me turning the lights on and off a bunch of times lol!

Appreciate the insight into why these tools are built the way they are...thanks Samurai!

@CreationsByWill

2 жыл бұрын

Update, 20 min later and after switching to my biggest wood mallet the blade finally popped loose!

Hey Jesse, Ive found a lot of success and a much cleaner, shinier, mirror-ier finish on the blade when each stone, chisel and your hands are cleaned thoroughly between the grits. I even use a different rag for each different stone. It's the tiny particles from the lower grit stones that are transferring over to the higher grit stones and leaving scratch marks. I haven't gone as far as to measure the microns of my shavings, but the polish is much much better than before I became obsessive with cleaning between stones. I learnt from another KZreadr called Sumokun, he's unreal. Anyways best of luck! Hope you get down to the 5 micron goal 😂

I can't get enough of the sound that plane makes as it slices through the wood!

Really enjoyed the Alec Steel collab. Would love to see if he's interested in making a second attempt at it. Maybe another chisel or a blade for a plane.

Thanks Samurai! Going to use this to finally dial in my Kanna!

Those japanese planes are so cool, one of these days i'll get one. great video as always!

I celebrate with you the 1/2 million subscribers. Thank you for the time to record.

Awesome video Jesse! Looking forward to the coffee table and backyard update(s).

From one sharpening obsessed guy to another, I'd recommend being very careful about contamination between stones. Thoroughly clean tool between stones and never let grit transfer from one stone to another. This may help you get that elusive 5 micron shaving. Best of luck and thanks for the cool vids.

@makenchips

Жыл бұрын

Really with all the knowledge and training I found that very surprising he used the atoma dia plate on all of them with out rinsing! Theres tadition and then there's "monkey see, monkey do!" Just because he did it, but don't do that! But good tips and review overall all young grasshoppers!

Really appreciate this instruction, very nice. Planning on getting a Japanese plane very soon.

That knife is absolutely gorgeous. I'd like a sword like that. so badass with the hammer marks.

500000 subs!!!!! congratulations!!!!!!! i love your videos! watching it since the very beginning.

Perfect for installing doors and locks. Beautiful...

I'm not a carpenter, but this video in your series, is superb. Well done!!

Awesome video. Love the detailed explanation

Thanks. Looks radical, the sole touching only here and there, but there's no risk to establishing flatness in the work, indeed joining a panel, shooting the edges, but I speak from the sofa. Really must tune my plane, but not at midnight.

I appreciate your wrist band. Beautiful tools too!

I measured shavings from my old Record 7 jointer with a micrometer. I flattened the bottom of it years ago and sharpened blade today on cheap diamond combination stone (finest side of it is 600) and finished it on leather strop. Thinnest shavings were 0.04mm which is 40 microns. You really don't need shavings any thinner than that and you can reach it easily on usual western plane. I bought that one on flea market, it was 4€ which was a steal for big plane. Usual price for old Stanleys and others is 10-20 €

This is just a thing of beauty. I wish I had the time to get into this. I am a big fan of the ancient way of doing things. Seems to be less of an environmental impact.

All of your explanations are great 👍

I scored a 65mm tasai 'Anaya Nomi' recently. The hand filing is so nice! Now i'm addicted.

Nice detail and explanation. Thank you :) That simple scraper is an easy build and would definitely come in handy ॐ

Bill Carter's blunt chisel technique would be useful for removing the high spots - basically a push scraper made out of an old chisel ground at 90%. It works better than trying to use a conventional chisel for taking off very small amounts when making a wooden plane.

The different steels are similar to animal claws and talons. The backside is softer than the front. That makes them self sharpen as they wear with age and regrowth.

Hey thanks for the education. Didn't know most of what u taught. Thanks again

You just made my day. Thank you so..

Great video dude! You definitely earned my subscription. Cant wait for more content.

I like your site and like the tools and what you can do with them!!!

What if you need to scrape the bottom of the scraper-plane? Do you have an even smaller scraper-plane to scrape the scraper-plane?

@acousticguitarpeter

6 жыл бұрын

scrapeception ...

@TheSamuraiCarpenter

6 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@TheSamuraiCarpenter

6 жыл бұрын

no. the surface is small enough that it can just be flat.

The point of just the edge being tool steel is to conserve the amount of steel needed. Its labor intensive to forge the tool steel needed to have that super sharp edge the Japanese tools are so famous for. This goes back to when it took multiple days, and much man power, to produce a chunk of steel. The best of the steel was so expensive and hard to come by that it was used sparingly, only on the necessary parts. Everything else was cheaper steel or iron. Love your purchases from Japan, wouldn't mind having them myself.

I do bonsai. The high quality grafting knives are cupped the same way. Incredible craftsmanship and clever ingenuity.

You are a master dude.

I’ve bumped into your site a few times in the last few months and I keep forgetting why I moved on. In the first 5 min, you have proven who little you know about the tools you own, and for whatever reason you decided to put out a video telling an eager to learn audience how to set the tools up for use. You know, maybe spend 10 min on line to grab the information that you want to teach, then read it a couple of times. Then maybe you would be able to give accurate information in an informative format? ‘This is ... i don’t know what they call it,’ ‘It’s a... ya.,, a... yeah I don’t know...’ ‘It’s called...a...’ Hey, you know I get it. You got some toys from Japan, and you wanted to share them. Complete eye candy! Tool porn at its finest, my friend. Can you maybe do a follow up video and maybe learn the names of your tools, be able to name the parts? Perhaps a little history knowledge, practical usage, historical vs modern day use, and uses? Just a couple of thoughts.

I just found a place to get the chisels, planes, and saws. I would love to see more maintenance videos.

Its a good lesson ,thanks

I believe $1500 bucks. I'm starting to get a woodworking kit together and just spent $2k on Veritas planes. I've seen some Japanese chisel sets can be crazy expensive, but I just got a basic set from Two Cherries. I can build up the kit over time. Nice seeing the work in setting up a Japanese plane. I might consider getting one (or several) so your video helps a lot. Thanks.

500k !!!!!!! Just saw that !!!! Go Samurai !!!!!

This motivates me to upgrade to a better Japanese block plane! Thanks......

Congrats on 500k!

Ive always wondered with the hollow grind on japanese chisels what happens and after a couple years of use and repeated sharpenings. It looks like you can only loose about an 1/8 inch worth of sharpening before you get into that that hollow? Is that true or am I missing something?

@aaronoosterhoff5449

6 жыл бұрын

You stone that whole side as well as the actual edge which eventually flattens it out, it's on an incline towards the edge so the hollow recedes as you flatten it

Nice! Now I'll just need to buy one!

On a serious note , make you a hokone plane like the one in this video , from scratch . Using Bois d arc for the sole or Brazilian rosewood , and make the cutting iron from Damascus Steel using nickel and ball bearing steel . You can use mild steel for the chip breaker . Then , you will indeed have a hokone plane for a lifetime . Yes I have one in bois d arc . It grows natively here in Louisiana . And hell yes the wood is very hard and tough . So is a Damascus shaving iron . But I guarantee you it cuts smother than ANY. Other plane I have ever owned . It damn well should , it was a real bastard to make .

The iron its coated with graphite so it’ll be slippery but not messy with oil or grease, its a technique used in the aviation industry

really really great

I love that knife, very nice to slit some throat quickly without getting noticed.

great job buddy.

30,000 grit stone. I thought I was taking it too far with the 5,000 that I use for knives.

@Erowens98

6 жыл бұрын

Kory Coster at that point it's really just sharpening for the heck of it. From personal experience i can tell you, there is absolutely no noticeable difference between 12k and 30k. Heck, even 3k finished with a strop and metal polish is very close to 12k.

@gilleadguitars2171

5 жыл бұрын

For real I go to 8 k then I give up

@ared18t

4 жыл бұрын

@@Erowens98 not if your trying to get competition grade shavings lol.

@dt2419

3 жыл бұрын

@@Erowens98 there is a difference it just doesn't matter for woodworking. However, it does matter for competitions and to Japanese craftsmen who use the finish the plane leaves.

Currently the JAPANESE do indeed make the very finest tools with their steels . I also bought 3 Japanese planes in Osaka for doing hokone marquetry . Costly but fine .

Shape the bottom of the plane with the iron set. Makes a big difference

Thanks for all that detail, getting a Japanese plane seems a little less daunting now. Are planes that are set up for hardwoods common over there too?

@Mullehus

6 жыл бұрын

Most likely not since they mostly work in soft wood. I bet you could find some though

Awesome video - awesome. Can you post a breakdown on the scraper so I can put one together please ? Keep on doing what you do !

Just an observation, when you go up through the grid, you "contaminate" the higher grid stone with lower grid material from your flattening tool. Might be good to rinse it off between stones?

@TheFlyJunky

4 жыл бұрын

the black/grey stuff is essentially a fine grit polishing compound, you can just wash the block after. but leave it on while sharpening it reduces wear on the stone and makes the results better for your edge

@simonvolsmann

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlyJunky you dont know what you talking about, the slurry from the coarse stones dont polish, it will ruin a high grit edge

@HenryPiffpaff

4 жыл бұрын

@@simonvolsmann It's possible that he meant: leave the slurry on the stone while you're sharpening ON THAT STONE (without any kind of statement about what to do when switching between stones).

@djecpamba

4 жыл бұрын

I wondered the same thing; when going from course grit to a fine grit I always clean the item I’m working on before going to the finer grit. In this case the diamond plate, used to flatten the honing and polishing stones, should be cleaned prior to each transition. I have a 4 sided leather strop coated with 2, 1, .5 and .25 micron diamond spray. I clean the surface of the counter and the blade I’m stropping after each phase to avoid cross contamination; otherwise you lose the effectiveness of the higher grits. Hopefully he is cleaning but it’s been edited out for brevity.

When you use the diamond plate to flatten your sharpening stone, i see your not cleaning it between each stone. I believe that contaminates your stone. Specially since you start with the lower grits. I learned to start with the highest grit and workdown from there and then clean it before next use.

@hakonwille9322

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe that will get you 5 micron shavings :-)

@petragalloo

6 жыл бұрын

Yup I agree, during my materials science degree, we used to polish metal samples, to 1 micron finishes. If you lost control of the sample (fingers get pretty numb and wet..) it could fall into the basin surrounding the polishing wheel and get contaminated with the slurry from the previous grits and scratch up. Would have to start the whole process again to get that perfect mirror finish for the microscope.. Though that's really nitpicking. 16 micron shavings are insane!!!

@robzilla2165

6 жыл бұрын

He was showing scratches after 30k stone it could very well be from lower grit contamination.... who am I to talk though, my planing shavings resemble Tom the chainsaw carvers floor

@MrFlyingPanda

6 жыл бұрын

Totally.. Leaving dirty polishing stones. A sepuku is in order..

@WorkingTimbersCo

6 жыл бұрын

You guys sound like the real deal when it comes to stones. I know there are several opinions about which stones to sharpen with. What do you guys recommend? What's a seppuku?

Nice One!

Well , I'm satisfied . I want several of these Japanese planes . I already have the stones and stone pond .

500k Half a milllion subs! Congrats !

I like these Japanese planes because I rarely have a need for sanding.

You are in your Zen right now.

Jesse, Casper from Denmark here, know this episode is some months old now but I'll comment anyway and I have a question. I subscribed a long time ago and I'll watch whatever you put up even if i watch the live stream a few days after it went live. Keep up the good work and go the direction that makes the best numbers for if it helps your family and your channel. It's not all about the quality or the content, it's the package and that to me hasn't failed yet. Anyway, could you acheive better planing and shavings if you would condition a western plane like you do the Japanese planes, say a wooden coffin plane for example? A test maybe?

I dont think your crazy..get what ya pay for...theyre VERY NICE !!&CONGRATS ON 500K!! MUCH DESERVED Oh and i like the new logo..pretty cool

Probly worth every penny... Tool envy is strong... That timber chisel.. I could use that right now.

lovely.

the soft steel is used as a "shock absorber" on the plane blades ( and also on the chisels) - because the cutting edge is so hard - especially the blue steels ( usually Rockwell 64 and up ) if you hit a knot the blade may chip at the edge - the softer steel absorbs some of the impact keeping the cutting edge intact...new blue steel blades may still chip a bit on the edge until you have sharpened them a few times and worked back into the "meat" of the steel....

This blade‘s name is genmyo (玄妙 )with Sandvik steel.

@ronaldpomeroy9861

5 жыл бұрын

Nice. I’m looking for some guidance on setting up a Japanese Skew Rabbet plane. Is it any different?

Great video! I'm not a big fan of having a large cup on the dai, and prefer it flat flat flat. What happens with a cup is that (especially on narrower pieces) the leading edge drops down slightly as it moves off the edge of the board, such that the kanna cuts slightly deeper at the end of the pull. This increases resistance at the end of the board, and also gives rise to a slight curvature on the surface at the ends (of the same dimension as the cup in the dai). PS: note that Japanese also work with gorgeous hardwoods like keyaki (elm), which is a much greater challenge for the planer...but the results with proper technique are stunning.

You do good work and I enjoy watching your channel with great anticipation. Suggestion, One of the senses that isn't talked about much is sound. The sound of a drill bit changes just before it finishes its cut. In the case of this plane, I could hear the difference in the sound as it passed through with the grain or against the grain. And there are other sounds that the skilled crafsmen pay attention to Just a thought. RC

@tomjackson7022

5 жыл бұрын

Good thought though. I can tell when I've sanded a board enough by the sound the sandpaper makes. At the beginning it makes a crisper hissing sound that gets more muffled as the sandpaper dulls.

Sweet!!

Hi, buddy! Thank you for posting wonderful videos. Would you have any recommendations for wet stones, any brand or something? I live in France and I am an amateur woodworker. I'll appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance ! Keep woodworking and posting. Blessed day!

28:07 Looks like the 12" x 12" piece of plexiglass right before it became the infamous 'Samurai Router Jig"

This is how desire is "the root of all suffering". I feel like a chicken watching a grub. Had cocked, eyes focused.

Please show the way you adjust the blade and how you hold and use it when planning.

nice video

The other reason for the soft steel core is that, when you have sharpened it to the point that the tool steel is worn through to the mild steel in the middle, you are supposed to take a hammer to the top of the blade and tap it to force the hollow behind the edge to flatten out, moving more tool steel into the edge. You will continue to do this until the entire blade is used up, probably many years later.

Thanks for the video. In the beginning you show there is a "cup" on the back to the blade. You explain the cup is to fit against a slight high point in the center of the bed where the blade will rest when inserted. Later in the video, when you are tuning the bed with a chisel, you appear to remove that high point. If that is what you did, doesn't that defeat the cupping design in the blade?

The process is quite reminiscent of hand scraping machine ways in metal.

Awesome

Layered japanese kitchen knives are nice, but those layer patterns are hard to maintain without resorting to finger stones.

You say about the polish you're getting, it would be nice to see it up close, but love the vid.

natural stones are not complicated. a suitastone from any mine as a optional prefinisher. ( not necessary but very helpful) as a final superfinisher just buy a hard nakayama tomae or a ohzuku asagi. and for the stropping a cordovanleather and use it clean without compound on it. nakayama costs 500-3000 and an ohzuku costs 200-1000 both do the same, they are the finest (and usually also hardest) natural polishingstones from japan. the sharpness and frictionfactor of your blades will increase significantly.

Are you not worried about grit contamination?

@rpnp2

6 жыл бұрын

when you mix the slurry from the waterstones

@rpnp2

6 жыл бұрын

people get a little OCD with sharpening.. I wouldn't worry a whole lot about it.. he's already going much higher then what is needed.

@WorkingTimbersCo

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, good to know. I was automatically cleaning mine off just because I didn't like the slurry on them, guess I was doing something right.

Not related to fancy Japanese chisels and planes but in regards to Alex Steel's current Japanese project of creating the Damascus katana, you should do a collaboration with him and make the handle for that sword.

So what was the difference between you and the 5 micron guys. Was there an obvious factor that you plan on improving for next year. Will there be a next year? What are spear planes used for? Keep up the videos I like to see your modern approach with these beautiful tools and techniques.

+Burrfection should do a coop video with you !

The use of soft and hard steel in woodworking tools goes back to the forging of the the Japanese swords. The harder the steel, the sharper the edge obtainable. However the hard steel is more brittle and tends to break. The softer steel will not take the sharper edge but will take the force of impact without breaking. The genius of these blades is the combination of soft and hard steel that allows for a razor edge and yet will absorb alot of force. Ease of sharpening and tapping out the bevel are added benefits.

@TheSamuraiCarpenter

6 жыл бұрын

There are thousands of woodworking and steelworking tools made entirely from hard tool steel that can absorb impact without breaking and also keep a keen edge. The whole vibration and impact theory is nonsense. It is convenience and tradition.

@MrKikoboy

6 жыл бұрын

they are not the blue steel that Hitachi has a complete hold over - they have things like vanadium etc added...the tradition comes from experience

30000 grit! I didn't even know that fine a stone existed!

So just how well did you do at the competition in Japan, and how many were competing? Keep up the great vids.

Toolmaker use the 3 plates method to get perfect flatness on surface plate you should check it out I'm sure your diamond plate is not under .005mm overall flatness