Vintage Japanese Signed Forged 2 3/8" Kanna Plane Blade Samurai Steel Print These pedestal bowls were used

These pedestal bowls were used for carefully washing sakes cups

5" tall and 4" wide with the handles

Width = 16 1/2"

The hardwood is likely a type of rosewood

a Japanese Buddhist monk who lived during the 13th century

Vintage Japanese Signed Forged 2 3/8" Kanna Plane Blade Samurai Steel Print These pedestal bowls were usedThis high quality professional grade Japanese blade was made for a kanna plane, the mainstay of the Japanese daikusan (carpenter) c. 1950's. It was made by a Japanese master blade maker of laminated hand forged steel with the same process as is used to make traditional Japanese samurai swords. This kanna is ready to be honed and fitted into a wooden dai of your making. Give it a new honing and you will be amazed at its razor sharpness. The blade