Kip Mesirow

Kip Mesirow is the co-founder of the Japan Woodworker in Berkeley in 1971, and later Hida Japanese Tool Company. He has been to Japan numerous times, and studied joinery with Makoto Imai a highly regarded teahouse builder. His projects include among others, buildings at the SF Zen Center. He now manufactures custom copper light and other architectural fixtures in Vermont.

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The Care and Use of Japanese Woodworking Tools

by Kip Mesirow & Ron Herman

Finally back in print, an intimate guide to Japanese woodworking tools.