hand plane competition video plus HomemadeTools.net planes roundup

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Look how tired that guy is! Bumped into this gif and I got the idea to do a roundup of our hand plane offerings here on HomemadeTools.net. We have 300+ plane listings in the Homemade Planes category, including the following types of planes (each is linked to a search for the term):

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I just spent 10 minutes watching a 15 second GIF.

The planes in the videos are amazing!

In the Western world, it would be the exact opposite.

Instead of a competition for the thinnest hand plane shavings, it would be for the thickest. :rimshot:

Thanks for this post Jon!! Had no idea this kind of thing takes place, but leave it to the Japanese to display this kind of master craftsmanship as a competition to achieve a 3 tenths swarf. A master bladesmith must have sharpened the blades to achieve these kind of numbers, let alone the blade adjustment!!! :bow: Awed once again...~PJ

Another hand plane competition GIF.

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Must be a tough competition! That is an awesome display, yet no one in the audience seems to be impressed.

What timber is it? I've never seen anything like the straight even grain of that timber

If this were held anywhere else, I would worry that it was a scam, with paper rolled up inside the plane being pulled out. But this is impressive. Where did they find such an awesome log of wood to be planned? Amazing.

He'll never have to worry about running out of toilet paper.

This can only happen on a dead flat surface. Very impressive in the first place. Then the peeling off of the few tenths thick "paper" equally impressive.

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This can only happen on a dead flat surface. Very impressive in the first place. Then the peeling off of the few tenths thick "paper" equally impressive.

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...a few thousands …

(winners normally at around 4 micron , with an unofficial record at 1 micron)

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the amount of skill it would take to hone the blade to such a perfectly straight sharp edge

Extended version of the OP video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az1MFwkGD3U

Latest Japanese plane competition, from this past November. 10:11 video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZWayxKvACk

Note the similarity to this French cheese stretching competition:

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