{"product_id":"japanese-woodworking-tools-special-edition-odate","title":"Japanese Woodworking Tools Special Edition - Odate","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n \n  \u003cp\u003e\n   \u003cstrong\u003e\n    Japanese Woodworking Tools Special Edition. Author, Toshio Odate\n   \u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n   To celebrate Toshio Odate turning the young age of 90, Linden Publishing has produced a limited, special edition of his book\n   \u003ci\u003e\n    Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use\n   \u003c\/i\u003e\n   .  This edition is the original 9\" x 12\" size, but\n with a hard cover, dust jacket and slip case. Each book is numbered, signed, and stamped with the Odate family crest. There\n is a new preface by Toshio.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n   \u003ci\u003e\n    Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use\n   \u003c\/i\u003e\n   is a fascinating look at a unique woodworking culture\n and philosophy. Odate's apprenticeship as a tategushi, or sliding door maker, during his boyhoood in Japan is the basis for\n a personal and insightful look at each traditional hand tool in the Japanese woodworker's tool box; reflecting on their\n origin, manufacture, and details on their care, use and maintenance.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n   Traditional woodworkers can learn much from\n   \u003ci\u003e\n    Japanese Woodworking Tools\n   \u003c\/i\u003e\n   with its comprehensive study of the history,\n development and use of Japanese tools. It provides detailed, first-hand information on how each tool is finished, tuned,\n sharpened, maintained and repaired by the craftsman who owns it. An all-time favorite.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n   \u003ci\u003e\n    At age 90, I started to think one more time about the role of the shokunin and\n\nhis life with his tools. Scholars, scientists, and historians can catalog, document,\n\nand analyze traditional Japanese tools, but who will preserve the elements the\n\ntools played in protecting and supporting the craftsman’s life? Only the craftsman\n\nwho uses the tools knows that. That experiential knowledge, which I knew\n\nintimately and intuitively, I preserved in this book. Today, nobody makes a living\n\nwith hand tools alone, and therefore nobody can write a book like this ever again.\n   \u003c\/i\u003e\n   —Toshio Odate\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n   ISBN\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n   200 pages.  Hardcover.\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ca name=\"Additional%20Information\"\u003e\n  \u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"background:#D6CBB5; padding:2px 4px; font-size:13.33px;margin:20px 0px 15px 0px;\"\u003e\n   Additional Information\n  \u003c\/h3\u003e\n  Review:\n  \u003ca data-prev-url=\"\/handtools\/japanese-woodworking-tools-book-review.html\" href=\"https:\/\/info.highlandwoodworking.com\/handtools\/japanese-woodworking-tools-book-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Book Review Japanese Woodworking Tools\nTheir Tradition, Spirit and Use\"\u003e\n   \u003cstrong\u003e\n    Japanese Woodworking Tools Their Tradition, Spirit and Use by J. Norman Reid\n   \u003c\/strong\u003e\n  \u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\n   Author Toshio Odate:\n   \u003ca data-prev-url=\"\/making-shoji-by-toshio-odate.aspx\" href=\"\/products\/making-shoji-by-toshio-odate\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Making Shoji by Toshio Odate\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\n     Making Shoji by Toshio Odate\n    \u003c\/strong\u003e\n   \u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Linden Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50822072631578,"sku":"202721","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0904\/5167\/3370\/files\/202721d.jpg?v=1768343297","url":"https:\/\/www.highlandwoodworking.com\/products\/japanese-woodworking-tools-special-edition-odate","provider":"Highland Woodworking","version":"1.0","type":"link"}