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I have a friend who is working at a home which is in a big woods (for Japanese, I mean not a huge woods for you guys living in Europa or America) And I was told I can take whatever wood lying there because they have no plans about them.
I took some home again the other day and chopped a log which they said has been lying there for years. I used hammer and axe looking hammer, because I don’t have band saw or mill… I could make 2 flat board from the log, and one hollow one. I thought what I could do with it, but here is what I came up with.
The log was a piece of Kunugi, Japanese oak, the color is really interesting, and the feel is really smooth. And it’s heavy. It is said Kunugi has not been used much for woodworking in Japan, (maybe it’s a hardwood?) but I don’t know the exact reason. Well, I can try and see what happens next.
This kind of plate is more of my wife’s taste than mine. But I like it too.
-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/
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lew
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Junji,
This is really a beautiful piece! The wood has very interesting grain patterns. The china bowl really compliments the overall piece.
a1Jim
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posted 157 days ago
Very Unique
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
patron
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once again ,
you come up with good ideas !
good use of wood and tools .
no 100 yen store bandsaw ?
-- david ,new mexico ,allheart
BTKS
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Good work, I like the creativity and use of limited supplies and tools. A true piece of craftsmanship.
BTKS
SCOTSMAN
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posted 157 days ago
Hi junji My son is currently in Jaopan teaching English ata technical school for woodworking anyway I like your long bowl glad to know you kindest regards Alistair
-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease
Don Newton
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Junji, How is this used? I see the plate there but don’t understand how it works with the hollowed wood?
-- Don, Pittsburgh
stefang
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Love the rustic look Junji. Nice hand tool work. If it is a wood not used commercially I would take a guess that there might be 4 reasons: Too many knots, doesn’t grow straight enough, too slow growing or not enough of it. I think the hammer like tool you used for hollowing is called an adze in English.
-- Mike, American in Norway
Dick, & Barb Cain
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Very nice Junji, The wood looks like a lot closer grain than the oak in our country.
-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1
scrappy
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Very nice design. Great looking rustic plate. Fantastic job as usual for you.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
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Junji
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Thank you everybody.
patron,
Ah, no 100 yen shop this time…
SCOTSMAN,
I rememebr you told me your son is in Japan, but didn’t know he is teaching woodworking… Where is it in Japan?
Don,
Well, I don’t know how it is used too. Since this is a long plate, it can be used for a grilled fish with source, or raw fish and soy source, or maybe chips and dip, some sweets and coffee cup. Maybe cookie and ice cream!
We, Japanese, like dishes/plates, so we have so many different shapes of plates, other than round ones.
check this.
stefang,
I think your guessings are right. But there is one more reason, kunugi has need used for another purpose, planting Japanese mushroom, Shiitake.
And it’s huge market here.
“adze”, well little different from what I used.
It was just like this one.
and I used this to chop the wood, and the hollowing was happened to be made when I chopped it. And then I used a round chisel to clean the hollowing.
Dick, & Barb,
It’s always good to have something only for our country! I think it has “Japanese Taste” and yes, really different from the oak in your country.
-- Junji Sugita from Japan, http://tetra.blog12.fc2.com/