Rare Iwasaki 岩崎 Tamahagane Kamisori, Restored Vintage Japanese Straight Razor and Handmade Hinoki BoxRare Iwasaki Tamahagane straight razor (Kamisori). Made by master smith Shigeoshi Iwasaki, directly imported from Japan and restored by us to a hair popping quality and sharpness, absolutely shave ready on arrival. The razor was made in the Showa period, in the 1960`s and has a length of 14,7 cm and width of 1. 8 cm, length of cutting edge is 4. 6 cm and the weight 32. 9 g. A Medium sized Kamisori. Similar to the traditional Samurai sword, this

approximately in the 1930-40s

in Japan Kamisori are not only used to remove mens beards

High carbon steels have a much higher hardness and will keep their smooth shaving quality for much longer before having to sharpen them again

Vintage Teramasa ・寺正 ・Tamahagane・ 玉鋼・ Steel

The blade comes wrapped in red linnen in a Handmade

Vintage Nagamitsu・永光 ・straight razor・Kamisori

・ name of the brand

The ideal surface protection for a tool constantly in contact with water

and offers ease of sharpening

寺正特製 ・Teramasa Tokusei - Teramasa (the maker) special made

After the blueing we have attached a brand new real silk thread handle wrapping

Also the case is in very good condition