I just finished these for an upcoming surf contest and festival in Itoshima Japan. The two of them are prizes in the longboard comp.
I was expecting to see some wood bodied, Japanese hand planes. Sigh, it was not to be.
Ha! I’ve got those too. Just ordered some custom made ones from a friend. He makes the blades from pre-Meiji folded imperial steel that was discovered in an abandoned sword forger’s shop. Gonna cost me but will be worth it. My father got a umbrella knife blade from him that is amazing.