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A wagatabon is a style of carved tray from Japan. Making a couple of these in black cherry as gifts. I removed the bulk of the waste with a Forstner bit, then flattened and removed the divots with a bottom cleaning bit on a router table. Now I'm attacking it with the 7/10 Pfiel gouge. The walls are about done and I'm starting on the floor.

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duke said:
This is a very interesting serving tray, what region of Japan did these originate from?
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It has a good story. "Wagatabon" means "Wagatani tray". Wagatani was a town in western Japan that was abandoned when a dam was built for a reservoir that flooded the town site. The trays were a local craft made by shingle/shake makers to make use of chestnut blanks that weren't good enough for shakes. When the town's citizens were dispersed, the craft nearly died.

https://www.angelarobins.com/blog/2019/5/23/wagata-bon-the-life-of-a-japanese-folk-craft
 
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