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    Ko-Ganna Restoration

    I completed the restoration of a ko-ganna found at a local "vintage" market by a good friend.


    Please have a read, and I look forward to your comments.


    https://brianholcombewoodworker.com/...a-restoration/
    Bumbling forward into the unknown.

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    Thanks Brian, as always a good write up.

    ken

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    Nice work, great write up. I would like to experiment with Japanese planes and chisels, but I know what will happen (I'll get obsessed and go broke) and I don't want to light the match to the fuse.

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    Wonderful post Brian. I find it heartening that you felt compelled to save the makers mark.
    I have always had great respect for the Japanese craftsman, and the fact that their is great honor in everything, be it big or small.
    The shavings of wood are as beautiful as the end product at hand.

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    Thanks for the kind words gents! Malcolm, that is very true!

    Michael, I could help but hope that this craftsman might appreciate someone taking the effort. These tools are made by hand and so I felt immediately connected. There is a certain brotherhood or kinship felt in restoring an abused or overlooked tool.
    Bumbling forward into the unknown.

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