Comments on: The Best Plane?

By: patrick anderson

patrick anderson — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:25:18 +0000

I’ll keep that in mind when I go to order some things. I quite fancy one of the ryobas he has for sale.

On the topic of saws, have you ever tried the Bridge City Japanese saws? I like the JS-7 but it isn’t cheap.

By: patrick anderson

patrick anderson — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:57:06 +0000

I contacted Schtoo and got a nice response from him. I also got laid off the day after I emailed so my purchasing plans got changed somewhat. I will hopefully be ordering some stuff from him in the new year.

Any idea how long stuff takes to get to the US from Japan?

By: Skip J.

Skip J. — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:31:03 +0000

You’re welcome Patrick;

I had seen his stuff for quite awhile, and then Bob started buying from him, and reporting his success with the Japanese tools. Bob kinda gets out front and leads the way on handtools and tries out a lotta tools first…. then the rest of us can follow without putting in all that much effort.

Skip

By: patrick anderson

patrick anderson — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:44:54 +0000

Skip / Bob

Thanks for the info on Schtoo. My parents want to buy me some Japanese tools to help out with my apprenticeship so I’m compiling a list of things from his website.

I’ll use his contact form and ask him some questions today

By: BobStrawn

BobStrawn — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:37:00 +0000

Schtoo is a great resource and friend to have. He is a solid woodworker and has made quite a few of his own tools, so he has a strong understanding of what a tool needs. to be. He does not believe in the hype around expensive or exotic tools.
He uses Western and Japanese tools. He speaks and reads Japanese and English. He enjoys his time as a teacher and is dedicated to that as well.
As a result, a westerner could have no better guide to Japanese tools.

Bob