A pair of Japanese smoothing planes that just came in. Both are 60mm set at softwood angle (8 bu) in Japanese white oak dai. The dai were sequentially cut, as one is labeled 23 and the other 24 in the bed. The left of the blade has marked vertically "青請合" or Blue Receiving Combination. The top has stamped "登銀" read as "too gin". I haven't been able to translate the stamping inside of the gourd mark yet. Both are unused, and still have that new kanna smell.
A basic Japanese Line Marking Gauge (Suji Keshiki). This one is made of Japanese white oak, as a thumb screw to hold the beam instead of a wedge.
One of the many types of marking gauges (keshiki). Some are as simple as nails and wood scraps, others have thumbscrews to tighten the beam. This particular type is used to rip thin pieces of clear grained softwood into strips. The curved shape of the bottom allows depth control of the knife while slitting. It is used in a couple of progressive passes. The first pass would score the wood and the second would slit the wood. In thicker woods, the board can be flipped over and scored and slit from both sides.
