Odate s apprenticeship as a tategushi or sliding door maker during his boyhoood in japan is the basis for a personal and insightful look at each traditional hand tool in the japanese woodworker s tool box.
Japanese woodworking tools their tradition spirit and use. If he left any out the tremendous impact this book has had in the west means they might as well not exist anyway. Odate is specifically a tategu shi a maker of sliding doors and things but he makes the effort to cover tools other types of woodworkers might use more. The paperback of the japanese woodworking tools. Their tradition spirit and use by toshio odate at barnes noble.
Their tradition spirit and use paperback january 1 1998 by toshio odate author. Free shipping on 35 or more. Reflecting on their origin manufacture and details on their care use and maintenance. A thorough and detailed overview of the various tools used by japanese woodworkers and the traditional mindset of japanese craftsmen.
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