Kushi-Gata-Shakuri-Kanna Japanese Japanese Rabbet/Plow Plane By Tobei & Funahiro - 18mm

Smith name: Genju Funahiro

Steel: White Steel #1

Cutting edge width: 18mm

Blade total length: 140mm 

Wooden body artisan name: Yokoyama Tosaburo (横山藤三郎)

The length, height (at its highest point), and width(widest part) of the wooden body :

244mm, 57mm, 18mm

Wooden Body: Japanese white oak

Manufacture Era: Before 1999

Weight: 251g

Blade Angles: 24°

Accessories：-

Additional Information: Unused, in good condition. From the collection of a professional tool shop owner near Tokyo.

According to some information, in the Sanjo area in the 1990s. Tobei have better skills and his works are more expensive than Kinshiro. The blacksmith who usually makes the blades for Tobei planes is unknown, but this is a rare case of a plane made by a collaboration between a highly skilled blacksmith and a wooden body artisan from the Niigata region.

The plane is made of good materials and made with high precision. After more than 20 years, it has hardly deformed. The blade has a silver finish because Mr. Tobei sharpened the blade to improve its precision so that it could better fit the wooden body.

There is some information about the wood body artisan on page 113 of the book. - 『Dougu Mandala』Tool Mandala by Muramatsu Teijiro