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Tachibana Mentori Kanna - Aogami (Blue Paper Steel)

$180.00
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Delivery and Shipping

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At JTA we are proud of our order turnaround times and work hard to ensure the best possible service.

We are NOT a drop-shipping company and hold all of our stock in Sydney. We dispatch every weekday, and we are usually able to dispatch orders received before 12pm on the same day. If you urgently require your purchase we suggest that you select express shipping at checkout to ensure we prioritise your parcel.

Shipping Charges:

We have revised our logistics systems to offer the best possible postage price to our customers. All prices are in $AUD.

Within Australia:

Regular Post: $9.50, tracking number emailed to you at dispatch

Express Post: $16.50, tracking number emailed to you at dispatch

Within New Zealand:

We are now able to offer our New Zealand customers $15 flat-rate shipping on orders under 2kg.  For orders heavier than 2kg the following rates apply:

<2kg: $15

3kg: $24

4kg: $28

5kg: $32 

Express Courier International:

Flat Rate - AU$30 on orders up to 2kg (4.4lbs)

For orders over this weight:

<3kg: $56

<4kg: $63.40

<5kg: $70.75

For orders over 5kg in weight, please email us at info@japanesetools.com.au

Prices for all other international orders are calculated at checkout according to Australia Post’s standard rates.

Please be aware some international countries may charge additional taxes when your order goes through customs. Prices on the JTA website do not include these charges and it is the customer's responsibility to cover this.

Delivery Times inside Australia:

These are estimates only. All orders are sent with a tracking code via our shipping app Shippit, and we recommend you use this to check on your order's progress.

From the date of dispatch we expect the following delivery times within Australia:

Regular Post: Within 3-5 business days (metro areas) or 4-8 business days (rural areas)

Express Post: 1-2 business days (metro areas) or 2-4 business days (rural areas)

Plastic-free Policy:

Japanese Tools Australia is an environmentally conscious company and we endeavour to eliminate plastics in as many parts of our business as possible. Your purchase will be shipped in recyclable non-plastic materials, and we re-use cardboard and paper wherever possible in our shipping process.

Exceptions to plastic-free policy:

Unfortunately, we are required to dispatch some express items in pre-paid satchels and in such circumstances we have no choice but to use a plastic satchel. Please keep in mind these satchels are 100% recyclable. Our suppliers also use plastic in their packaging of some products, and we do not remove these protective measures before shipping. We are considering strategies to eliminate these two remaining sources of plastic in our shipping process. As many of our items are hand-made, they do not arrive to us or to you with extraneous packaging, though this is not the case for all of our products.

Breakage in shipping policy:

We pack our shipments in specialised materials to ensure that our customers find them in the same condition that we send them. If you receive your products in a damaged condition, please email info@japanesetools.com.au with your order number and photos of the condition of the products within a week of collection. If an item is deemed to have been damaged in transit we will replace it with like kind at no extra shipping cost to the customer.

If you are unhappy with the condition of your product and it has not been damaged in transit, please refer to our returns and exchanges policy. 

Description

This specialised chamfering plane finds its way into the toolbox of every self-respecting carpentry company in Japan. Based around a small plane block with fully laminated  blue paper steel blade, the mentori-kanna (or kirimen-kanna, among other names that vary regionally) utilises a specialised sled that allows the user to adjust the width of the desired chamfer.

Able to be cracked open a hair's breadth for breaking hard edges, it can also be set to take chamfers of any width up to 18mm wide. This gives the craftsperson complete control over the aesthetic of the chamfer depending on where it is situated and on what sized timber.

The small plane is set up exactly as any other Japanese plane, with a skewed blade to facilitate a slicing cut on tricky timbers, while the entire sole is clad in brass plate. This is a great advantage as working the sharp corners of un-chamfered timber causes heavy wear to timber-soled kanna.

Finally, the cutting plane can be set anywhere to the left or right inside the base to allow the user to present all parts on the cutting edge to the work - a nicely sharpened blade can be taken advantage of fully, instead of concentrating the wear in a single spot.

Add precise and repeatable chamfers to your next project with this beautiful tool.

Total Length: 200mm
Plane Block Length: 98mm
Plane Block Width: 48mm
Cutting Edge Width: 27mm
Max. Chamfer Width: 18mm

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Peter E.
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Excellent tool Although it is designed for the wooden nails I have employed it to create a hole suitable for a batten screw in hardwood Peter

Tachibana Mentori Kanna - Aogami (Blue Paper Steel) - Specialty Planes - Japanese Tools Australia
Tachibana

Tachibana Mentori Kanna - Aogami (Blue Paper Steel)

$180.00

This specialised chamfering plane finds its way into the toolbox of every self-respecting carpentry company in Japan. Based around a small plane block with fully laminated  blue paper steel blade, the mentori-kanna (or kirimen-kanna, among other names that vary regionally) utilises a specialised sled that allows the user to adjust the width of the desired chamfer.

Able to be cracked open a hair's breadth for breaking hard edges, it can also be set to take chamfers of any width up to 18mm wide. This gives the craftsperson complete control over the aesthetic of the chamfer depending on where it is situated and on what sized timber.

The small plane is set up exactly as any other Japanese plane, with a skewed blade to facilitate a slicing cut on tricky timbers, while the entire sole is clad in brass plate. This is a great advantage as working the sharp corners of un-chamfered timber causes heavy wear to timber-soled kanna.

Finally, the cutting plane can be set anywhere to the left or right inside the base to allow the user to present all parts on the cutting edge to the work - a nicely sharpened blade can be taken advantage of fully, instead of concentrating the wear in a single spot.

Add precise and repeatable chamfers to your next project with this beautiful tool.

Total Length: 200mm
Plane Block Length: 98mm
Plane Block Width: 48mm
Cutting Edge Width: 27mm
Max. Chamfer Width: 18mm

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