{"title":"Tsunesaburo","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"tsunesaburo-70mm-meimon-smoothing-plane","title":"Tsunesaburo 70mm Meimon Smoothing Plane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTsunesaburo has forged planes in Miki City since 1947, working within a cutlery tradition that Banshu has held for over 600 years. The Meimon sits at the top of that work. Its blade is hand-forged from a special carbon steel selected for edge retention beyond what standard tool steels produce, forge-welded to a soft iron backing finished black as-forged. That backing material is not incidental — wrought iron of this character, prized by Japanese blacksmiths for its particular softness and response to the whetstone, has become genuinely scarce. The 70mm blade is seated into a white oak dai at 38 degrees in the tsutsumi-bori style, a wrapped hollow mouth that locks the blade's position and keeps it there through hours of use. The cutting edge is ground to 26 to 27 degrees. Each plane is made individually by hand. The tolerances do not come from a machine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tsunesaburo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53208675680570,"sku":"sbt080010201","price":499.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/files\/Tsunesaburo_Meimon70mm_1.webp?v=1775360255"},{"product_id":"tsunesaburo-70mm-maboroshi-smoothing-plane","title":"Tsunesaburo 70mm Maboroshi Smoothing Plane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eUradashi — the periodic tapping-out of a plane blade's hollow back — is among the more demanding aspects of maintaining a traditional Japanese hand plane, and the reason many craftsmen never fully commit to one. The Maboroshi, whose name translates as phantom or illusion, addresses this directly. Tsunesaburo engineered the blade with a gently curved back profile rather than a hollow ground one, so sharpening requires only flat whetting on the back face. No tapping. No special technique. The cutting steel itself is Aogami No. 1, a high-carbon blue paper steel valued for edge retention and its response to natural whetstones. The 70mm blade is bedded into a white oak dai at 38 degrees in the tsutsumi-bori style, with a cutting edge ground to 26 to 27 degrees. For a craftsman who wants a serious Tsunesaburo plane without the maintenance discipline a traditional hollow-back demands, the Maboroshi is the considered answer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tsunesaburo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53208675942714,"sku":"sbt080010301","price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/files\/Tsunesaburo_Maboroshi70mm_1.webp?v=1775360173"},{"product_id":"tsunesaburo-70mm-miki-smoothing-plane","title":"Tsunesaburo 70mm Miki Smoothing Plane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMost plane blades ask you to choose between edge retention and ease of sharpening. The Miki does not. Tsunesaburo built this plane around Hitachi Metals YSS powder high-speed steel — a composite blade that holds its edge through hardwoods, laminates, and composite materials where standard carbon steels would require repeated stops at the whetstone. The base iron is sourced from Izumo sand iron, a material drawn from Shimane Prefecture and long regarded among Japanese smiths for the purity that distinguishes it from industrial alternatives. At a tempering temperature of 550 degrees, the cutting edge will not lose its temper under a grinder — a durability that matters most to those who use a plane daily rather than occasionally. The 70mm blade is seated in a white oak dai cut to 9 sun 5 bu, forged in Miki City by the Tsunesaburo workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tsunesaburo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53208676073786,"sku":"sbt080010101","price":459.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/files\/Tsunesaburo_Miki70mm_1.webp?v=1775361026"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4499\/8202\/collections\/Tusnesabouro_Maboroshi_Square_2.webp?v=1777771526","url":"https:\/\/omakase-forest.pro\/collections\/tsunesaburo.oembed","provider":"omakase","version":"1.0","type":"link"}