The Japanese plane, or kanna, is a plane pulled toward the user rather than pushed in the manner of Western-style planes. It is made of hardwood, usually Japanese white or red oak, and its laminated steel and iron blade is stouter than a Western plane blade; the blade is tapered in length and thickness so that it forms its own wedge, fitting into a correspondingly shaped mortice in the plane body without a separate wedge to hold it in place, unlike most other traditional wooden planes. Its chip breaker is held in place by a simple nail rather than tapered like the main blade, and was a relatively recent introduction to Japan, arriving during the Meiji period; the soles of Japanese planes are also configured differently for different applications.
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Introduced When (Circa)Chip breaker introduced during the Meiji period (1868-1912); the plane form itself is older and undated in this source 1 Date covers the chip breaker feature specifically, per the cited source; the general kanna forms own introduction date is not given there. OriginJapan; body of hardwood, usually Japanese white or red oak, with a laminated steel and iron blade 1 Introduced era (class) Connections
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Japanese Plane is used in Woodworking.
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1. Japanese plane (Wikipedia)
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Chip breakers in Japan were introduced relatively recently, during the Meiji period.
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Chip breakers in Japan were introduced relatively recently, during the Meiji period.
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They are made of hardwood, usually Japanese white or red oak.
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