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2/21/04, 3:14 AM #1

Paul M in San Diego
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Bizarre old japanese plane *LINK*

Paul M in San Diego

>Pam et al,

There's an old japanese kanna on ebay now, and I've never seen a blade like this one. It has a 4-sided steel blade that fits into a normal blade-shaped holder. The cap iron fits over all of these so it is a 3-piece blade assembly. There's even a screw that holds the two blade pieces together. Bizarre!

Has anyone ever heard of anything like this? I can't believe that this would ever have been considered a quality item. It exudes a "handyman" quality to me.

-- Paul M.

3-piece kanna blade

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2/21/04, 11:29 AM #2

Pam Niedermayer
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Re: Bizarre old japanese plane

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Looks like yet another try at the holy grail of planing, the superb performer with little pain of sharpening, Japanese version. :) Presumably you could have different bevel angles on each side, certainly you'd have to sharpen less often, more each time. However, I'd expect a bit of slippage from bottom to top with planing, so the top edge could get punky.

Pam