Japanese Plane Tuning - Part 1 of 5 - Lapping the Back of the Blade

In this series, we run through the steps we use to tune a Japanese Plane.
In Step 1 we flatten the back of the plane's main blade on a kanaban, unlocking it's edge's full potential and allowing it to mate properly to a chipbreaker down the track.
00:53 Removing the Blade from the Block
2:27 Anatomy of the Back fo the Blade
3:48 Introducing the Kanaban
5:13 Placement of the Blade on the Kanaban
6:50 Hitting the Entire Cutting Edge
7:43 Polishing the Back with the Kanaban
9:51 The End Result!

[@jthadcast]

frankly, sharpening plane blades is intimidating even after 2 years of attempting to properly tune kannas both new and old.

[@davidclark9086]

Really good stuff but I would like to see a very good close-up of the matt finish than the polished finish.

[@ryandavis206]

I thought you were about to slice your hand off @ 2:00!! My jaw dropped for a good ten second lol! Love the videos though!