Sokotori-Kanna Japanese Hand Made Groove Cutting Plane By Kiyotada Ⅱ - 21mm

Smith name: Shimamura Kouzaburo 

Steel: White Steel No.2

Cutting edge width: 21mm

Blade total length: 152mm 

Cap Iron / Chipbreaker Length: 122mm

The length, width, and height of the wooden body :

267mm, 30mm, 78mm

Wooden Body: Japanese White oak 

Dai manufacture: Ito Soichiro(伊藤宗一郎, 1922-2017, The plane blocks he made typically feature a '宗' stamp on the end grain / butt end of the dai.)

Manufacture Era: Before 1980 (according to collector’s memory)

Weight: 690g

Blade Angles: 28°

Accessories：-

Additional Information: The plane is unused; the blade has only been sharpened and is in pristine condition. It was originally sold by Tsuchida Hamonoten. These blades is exquisitely forged with a perfect laminated structure, and the soft iron (jigane) of the chipbreaker shows a subtle, beautiful grain pattern. What makes this piece particularly exceptional is that the wooden body (dai) was crafted by Soichiro Ito, the preeminent dai-ya (plane block maker) in the Tokyo region, using high-density, naturally seasoned Japanese white oak (shirakashi). You can view some of the specialized tools Master Ito used at this Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum link: [Link]

A more detailed profile of this dai-ya can be found in the book Creating a plane platform—the establishment and development of a platform in Tokyo, though it is currently sold out.