Japanese Smoothing Plane - 58mm

Japanese smoothing plane.

As with all Japanese woodworking tools, quality is high, blades are sharp. Brilliant addition to my collection.

First kanna

My first kanna, and a great entry point I think. A useful width, and quality build that we know and expect from Kakuri. Takes great shavings, better in softwoods though from my experience. I found mine was almost ready to go out of the box, it’s very easy to shave too much off the dai and create a loose fit as I did. For the money, I’d consider upgrading to the aogami iron model. JTA have an awesome YouTube channel with a dedicated series covering the setup and maintenance of a kanna - I watched these many times over! As always, top notch service from the JTA crew, can’t rate their service enough

Smoothing plane 58mm