Supreme Skills!

Super-thin Sawing Part 1: Handsaw Edition (2015x3)

Air date: Apr 17, 2015

Contestants must adroitly cut a super-thin panel of wood from a super-large block of wood. The tiniest lapse of control will mean an epic fail. An impossible challenge? We pair a "Supremely Skilled" temple carpenter with an 81-year-old "god" of blade sharpening. What's the result of the carpenter's 75-minute effort with a traditional Japanese handsaw?