The Far-Eastern Wood Butcher: Prime cuts from the far east.

  A piece of stag among the bag of dog chews I purchased online. Frankly, I could not tell the difference between the antlers of Elk, Moose, Deer, etc. I only know they call a male deer a stag, or a buck. I'm not sure if female deer (doe?) has antlers. Well, that stirs my curiousity. Googled. Nope. Maybe a small nub, but that's all. But.. a female reindeer does have antlers, and they are actually caribou...but that's a topic for another day.   What I do know: It's cheaper to buy dog chews than antlers labelled as knife scales. Well, they can't charge you $25 for a split piece of horn which you're going to throw to your dog. It felt wrong to do that. Knife scales, that's another story.       I really don't know why I bought the huge bag of antlers. Especially since I have not completed forging even one knife. Many of my blanks are either half forged, broken from cold hammering, or semi finished awaiting heat treat. But I see no harm

  We always see westerners fussing with Japanese Planes on youtube. What if.....a temple builder in Kyoto found a  Marples plane in the woods? Hmm...       A plane this. Maybe English . Now I wil l show how I shut plane ire guchi (mouth). But of course, this is for anti-tear out reasons.   But before I will show, I show you...the Brand. Marples!Ahh...Sheffield. So, I know English.  Reminated steel and iron!. Just like Nihon Kanna..look..nice..but now, it cut nice, not. Maybe after I shut Guchi mouth.   I have some Rosewood moulding from garbage can of neighbour. I cannot ask permission. Much embarrassment I think. Suitable. I think, for shutting the kanna mouth. so..   Now I mark shape of Rosewood on bottom plane. Remember, for reason of anti-thick lines, please use mechanical pencil only. Much better,I consider  kiridashi kogatana. You think?  Now..you can see the shape. Much much bettar.  Now you dig hole. Not deep but shallow. Of course, I dig ho