KAKURI Japanese Carpenter Hammer GENNO for Woodworking 10.5 oz (300g), Carpentry Hammer with Wood Handle for Chisel, Plane, Nail, Made in JAPAN

Really nice hammer and I am happy to have it, but I am a little embarrassed to have paid this price for it.

This is a nice little hammer, but it took a lot of work to get it into a usable condition. The head was not seated on the handle very well at all when it arrived so I had to remove it, cut a new shoulder further down on the shaft of the handle, do some sanding, then refit the head properly and drive the metal wedge back into the head end of the handle shaft. It’s perfect now….but wow

Appears to be well made. I bought this to use as a plane adjusting hammer and was surprised to see it came with a small Japanese smoothing plane. Don't know if this is typical or a mistake since I didn't see that in the ad. Now I have a plane to practice the tuning on that all most Japanese planes need,instead of the larger one that I got from the same seller. Looking forward to using it.

Seems ok but I won’t give 5stars to a hammer that has splinters and tear-out on the handle. Someone had to know that when they shipped it.

I have two smaller chisels from KAKURI used for adjusting planes, and striking chisels. I needed a larger hammer for working in much thicker wood with larger chisels. Balance , feel and flat face is what I like. I also use fiat faced to temporarily compress a tenon to fit into its mortise.