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Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use (A Fine Woodworking Book)
by Toshio Odate
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Taunton Pr (1984-03)
ISBN: 0918804191
EAN: 9780918804198
Dewy Decimal #: 684.0820952
Hardcover: 240 pages
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 1984, 189 pages, 9 x 12, Hardcover with dustjacket in protected mylar cover (removable). Shows minimal wear/use. Book & Dustjacket are in Very Good Condition. Book is completely intact with inside pages in Very Good condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc.) Fast Service. Books well packed.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This book is a complete guide to the tools used by a shokunin, or master Japanese craftsman, for both beginning woodworkers and professionals.
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Customer Reviews
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A must have for the hand woodworker
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-06-10
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a tremendous example of the art of japanese woodworking. From the set up of a simple work area to the explanation of the tools, how to properly care for, sharpen, and use this text will fall apart you reference it so often. I just had to find another in hard cover....
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Miserable binding from Linden Publishing
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-03-13
0 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
The Linden Publishing edition has a lousy binding. After a few uses the pages came off in scores. Avoid the Linden Publishing edition.
The content itself is of course ***** five-stars.
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For those of us who are not fortunate enough.
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-06-22
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Everyone has accalades for this writing, It is along the lines of philosophy, spirit, and tradition. Craftsmanship and artistry as well as guidance are something I have sought for 6 years now. Even offered to be a gopher for other woodworkers I have admired. "Norm" has taught us how to use "Power Tools". He has shared woodworking techniques, the New Yankee way. Sam Maloof teaches us his love of wood. Some of the masters we revere have demonstrated the "way they got there". It is a step by step process. Odatesan guides us through the mentoring process in the tradition of the writer, with pictures, and stories.
I can't get the master to guide me from the outside, so I am fortunate to have this book to guide me from the inside.
The "spirit of wood" is a personal journey. This book is helping me through mine. Glad I found it.
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japanese woodworking tools
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-08-16
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Toshio Odate is a national treasure. I was lucky enough to be trained by him 30 years ago when he was teaching at Pratt Institute. He is a rare man who is bigger than life. His essense, love and respect to wood and the tools that he uses to create magic in wood are openly expressed in his book. You will walk away from reading this book with a new view on life and what it is to truly be a master.
Michael, NYC
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This book is about a way of life
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-07-09
2 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is much more than a owner's manual for Japanese tools. The author, Toshio Odate, grew up with a father that was a woodworker and he apprenticed with his father.
The author shares many of his experiences; the unique methods of teaching are really quite different than American methods. For example, as an apprentice, there is no formal instruction--the apprentice must learn by observing the master while the apprentice is working--and woe be upon any apprentice that takes his attention away from his work. How one 'learns' in this situation is beyond me but apparently it works.
A couple of other examples: Odate-san left some stones freeze one evening during the winter which cracked them. That warranted a substantial beating.
Odate-san saved his extra money for a year and purchased a quality hand plane which is master promptly confiscated and he never saw it again. Apparently, because Odate-san was stil an apprentice, he was not worthy of quality tools and would never be allowed to see this tool, which he saved for for over a year, again.
I can't comprehend why breaking Odate-san's heart was a good way to teach him woodworking skills, but he seems to be over the hurt inflicted by that episode. And now he is a master woodworker that is reaping substantial royalties from the books he wrote. So, that system seems to work.
The author provides many details regarding the use of Japanese tools. There really isn't much else you need to know. Also, the drawings are very good but a few more photos (in color) would be nice.
The section regarding sharpening could be expanded with some additional information and techniques, such as hollow grinding, the use of sandpaper and the benefits of synthetic stones.
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