In this video, we are in Chiba, Japan visiting with Mr. Kurihara who is a Kezuroukai Champion in the 150mm (5寸 or 5 sun) plane category. His Japanese planes are all hand made by himself (not including the blades). Throughout this video you may see some new techniques or other tooling that Mr. Kurihara uses that is unique compared to other Kanna Dai (Japanese plane block) makers.
Mr. Kurihara is not a carpenter, however, he does share a great passion for exploring and perfecting his building and use of the Kanna.
This video shows him making a smaller Kanna Dai and this is because he had already started his larger Kanna Dai weeks earlier. He wanted to show us that the process is the same. If you watch to the end of this video you will see a special work platform that he custom designed which would come in handy to anyone who is interested in building their own Kanna Dai.
