KAKURI Japanese Large Hand Plane 60mm, Woodworking Block Plane 10.2" x 3"

Great way to get into Japanese hand planes. Nicely made. I've set it up for a fine shaving.

Before you buy a Japanese plane you'd better understand what you get into. Japanese planes need substantial knowledge and effort to set up, they won't perform well without proper tuning. I did spent several hours to make the plane work properly. What I like: very good workmanship, the blade is very well made, the body is made with great precision (but, still need a lot of tuning). What I don't like: the blade needs a lot of honing before it can be used. The seat of the blade needs to be trimmed to seat the blade properly. The cap iron needs to be sharpened and adjusted to seat properly. Overall, it is a great value for less than 60 dollars. After the hard work is done, it performs far better than most expensive western planes.

I’m loving this plane. As a comparison I have a number of Veritas planes that also serve me well, and this one is no different. Today I tried using it as a smoother, basically to remove old finish and make the surface smooth as glass. It worked and without any plane tracks. The iron was easily sharpened and adjusting the depth of cut was just as simple.

This is my first japanese hand plane. I spend some time tuning the wooden base and sharpening the blade and it worked really nice especially with softwood. Still need some adjustment but i hope it will perform better. Don't expect it to work properly out of the box, so be sure that you have proper sharpening stones and woodworking tools to tune it.

It's my 1st time purchasing a kanna this size. I feel it's a pretty solid plane one you tune it up. I would like them to grind the hollow a bit better then it was, but it's not a $5-600 one so. Would buy again though.

This is my fourth Japanese style plane and I am very happy with it. My main purpose for this plane is to help smooth some maple I have been milling from some cut trees. The plane only needed some basic setup out of the box. After setting the blade depth, the plane performed well. I was impressed with the shavings out of the box. I will be tuning up the plane by honing the blade and checking the flatness of the bottom. Overall, I am very satisfied and have no negative points to share.

I bought the 60mm KANNA here on Amazon. On the manufacturer’s webite they have a LEARN section. In that section they have a video of how to tune the bottom of your KANNA. Following the instructions, this one needed no adjustments. It is “totally correct out of the vinyl”. This is a beautiful tool, very nice. I included a photo of other tools so you could see the size in a ralative way. Be sure, to learn from the manufacturer’s website, as there are a number of helpful videos.

Truly an excellent product. Performed exactly as expected.

Tune up plane a little, hone blade, cuts nice and leaves a smooth shiny surface. Good buy.

No soy carpintero ni nada parecido, solo hago algunas cosas para mi con madera de palets, tengo cepillo que va muy bien pero me encapriché de este y la verdad que es otro nivel, una maravilla, no es barato pero darse el gustazo sacando virutas como si fuera papel de fumar no tiene precio. Una pasada vamos.

Amazing wood working tool

I am very impressed with the quality of the plane, was usable out of the packet but after sharpening its taking lovely whisper thin shavings.

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