Quote Originally Posted by Magpie View Post
Yea, I have seen all the razors from Japan. But the great majority of them are either pitted, or have uneven wear (usually heavy toe wear) sometimes both. And the ones in better condition? those are the ones with price tags far higher than I believe them to be worth.
Totally agree - I've had one that was good, it was one of those NOS Filarmonica Sub Cero's, so can't really go wrong.

The other one, a Japanese Hidashi (??), sent it back, was terrible, the toe was 25% less than the heel, the tang was rusted, major hone wear, took about two months to send it back, get my money returned (he didn't take returns but said I would challenge, pics and description were misleading - period) and a week later it was back up for sale with the original listing and pics.

And Magpie is correct, you look at the blades that are in pristine condition - then the price is high, very high.