CUT YOUR OWN KANNA DAI – JAY VAN ARSDALE & JASON FORSTER – AUGUST 1 & 2, 2026
Dai Making Class
With Jay van Arsdale & Jason Forster
August 1-2, 2026 – 2 Days, Saturday & Sunday
9am – 4pm PT
Where: Jay’s shop, Oakland, CA. (Address will be sent to you after registering.)
Limited to 8 students (In-Person)
$350 non-members
$300 members (use the discount code in the latest newsletter at checkout)
Please note that we have been considering releasing these classes at a future date via streaming and/or download. By signing up for class, you are agreeing to be recorded and included in these future recordings.
Cut Your Own Kanna Dai
Join Jay van Arsdale and Jason Forster for a two-day workshop on cutting your own kanna dai. We will be working in Jay’s shop in Oakland, California.
Covered topics will include: layout, cutout, fitting the blade(s), and shaping the dai for use. This will be a hands-on workshop in which you will go through these steps alongside the instructors. You will be expected to bring your own kanna blade and chip breaker (or just a single kanna blade), a dai blank (if you want to use Japanese white oak), a hammer, and at least one nomi (chisel, recommended size is 24mm) for cutting out the dai. If you’d like to use this workshop opportunity to practice on a piece that is not as precious as Japanese white oak, we can provide a dai blank from a domestic species.
If necessary, blades, hammers, nomi, and Japanese white oak dai blanks can be purchased locally from Suzuki-Ya Tools (suzukitool.com), or Hida Tools (hidatool.com).
Participants are responsible for providing their own lunch.