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Kip Mesirow

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. 

Kip Mesirow
Kip Mesirow
Kip Mesirow

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The Care and Use of Japanese Woodworking Tools

The Care and Use of Japanese Woodworking Tools

Kip Mesirow & Ron Herman

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

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