Tataki-Nomi Japanese Hand Made Timber Chisel By Second Generation Kiyotada - 42mm

Smith name: Shimamura Kouzaburo 

Steel: White Steel

Blade width: 42mm

Blade thickness: Blade Bottom(about 10.9mm)，Top of Blade（about 7.1mm）

Manufacture Era: about 1990 (according to collector’s memory)

Weight: 420g

Blade Angles: 29°

Total length: 305mm

Neck length: 75mm

Blade length: 85mm

Types of wooden handles: Japanese Red Oak（Akakashi）

Accessories：—

Additional Information: Unused, brand new condition. From the collection of a retired carpenter in Chiba.

Uncommon mirrored mark of 左清忠(Hidari Kiyotada), from the nagaoka wholesaler in Sanjo Niigata Prefecture. 

This chisel is made with great precision and the shoulder shape is classic style rather than Ichihiro style. I have a set of Tataki chisels made by the second generation Kiyotada after 2000, originally from the Tsuchida shop. The precision of the chisel shoulder is not as good as his young work.