{"title":"Kanaban","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Kanaban steel lapping plate, used with abrasive powders to flatten and lap plane blades and chisels to a mirror finish — including a discounted factory-second option.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"kanaban-steel-lapping-plate","title":"Kanaban - Steel Lapping Plate","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur lapping plates (called kanaban in Japanese) are engineered to our specifications in Sydney. They utilise a mild steel to keep them affordable, and can be used with abrasive powders, films and slurries to lap the backs of high carbon steel tools (ie: Japanese tools) flat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur preferred method is to scrub a #1000 waterstone across the top of the plate to leave a slurry, and use that slurry to lap away. Shapton's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/japanesetools.com.au\/products\/lapping-powder-fine?_pos=3\u0026amp;_sid=a5f8fa53e\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003efine\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/japanesetools.com.au\/products\/lapping-powder-medium?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=a5f8fa53e\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003emedium\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/japanesetools.com.au\/products\/lapping-powder-coarse?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=a5f8fa53e\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003ecoarse\u003c\/a\u003e powders also do an excellent job, but we only use the fine grit when preparing new blades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e210 x 75 x 16mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:  1.9kg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis plate is highly susceptible to rust. It will ship to you with a light coating of oil wrapped in rust deterring paper. We recommend that it is washed before first use, and dried after use and returned to its original paper.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JTA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39353346326705,"sku":"JTALAP-102","price":58.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0122\/9422\/products\/kanaban-steel-lapping-plate-jtalap-102-japanese-tools-australia-246988.png?v=1701242577"},{"product_id":"factory-second-kanaban-steel-lapping-plate","title":"[FACTORY SECOND] Kanaban - Steel Lapping Plate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOver the years, we have received many shipments of kanaban. As we repackage these ourselves, we set to the side those that have scratches or defects. These factory seconds are now taking a bit too much room on the shelf, so we are offering them for sale.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlthough these are seconds, we consider them perfectly useable, and have dipped into this stash a number of times for workshop tools with no discernible difference in their use from the regular item.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur lapping plates (called kanaban in Japanese) are engineered to our specifications in Sydney. They utilise a mild steel to keep them affordable, and can be used with abrasive powders, films and slurries to lap the backs of high carbon steel tools (ie: Japanese tools) flat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur preferred method is to scrub a #1000 waterstone across the top of the plate to leave a slurry, and use that slurry to lap away. Shapton's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/japanesetools.com.au\/products\/lapping-powder-fine?_pos=3\u0026amp;_sid=a5f8fa53e\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003efine\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/japanesetools.com.au\/products\/lapping-powder-medium?_pos=2\u0026amp;_sid=a5f8fa53e\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003emedium\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/japanesetools.com.au\/products\/lapping-powder-coarse?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=a5f8fa53e\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003ecoarse\u003c\/a\u003e powders also do an excellent job, but we only use the fine grit when preparing new blades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e210 x 75 x 16mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis plate is highly susceptible to rust. It will ship to you with a light coating of oil wrapped in rust deterring paper. We recommend that it is washed before first use, and dried after use and returned to its original paper.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aVmVaNHbSrQ\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JTA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44339377438943,"sku":"JTALAP-222","price":38.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0122\/9422\/products\/factory-second-kanaban-steel-lapping-plate-jtalap-222-japanese-tools-australia-108549.png?v=1701242588"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0122\/9422\/collections\/kanaban-steel-lapping-plate-jtalap-102-japanese-tools-australia-233380.jpg?v=1789699169","url":"https:\/\/www.japanesetools.com.au\/collections\/kanaban.oembed","provider":"Japanese Tools Australia ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}