Usu-Nomi Japanese Hand Made Paring Chisel By Second Generation Kiyotada - 21mm

Smith name: Shimamura Kouzaburo 

Steel: White Steel

Blade width: 21mm

Blade thickness: Blade Bottom(about 7.0mm)，Top of Blade（about 3.4mm）

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

Weight: 147g

Blade Angles: 24°

Total length: 300mm

Neck length:  75mm

Blade length: 85mm

Types of wooden handles：Japanese Red Oak（Akakashi）

Accessories：—

Additional Information: Lightly used. This is a rare 21mm chisel. It comes from the same retired carpenter as the 30mm kiyotada Usu chisel.

The first seller of the chisel was the Suiheiya store in Asakusa, Tokyo. This chisel is an early work of Kiyotada. It is finely made and you can see more details by enlarging the picture.