Thread: Zubora Kamisori

Don't know how I feel about these, let alone what it is, but looks like the single bid I put on this won, much to my surprise.

So - will be interesting to give this a try once it get's honed up, and then it may soon be seen in the SRP Classifieds.

NOS Straight Kamisori Razor NEW ZUBORA　ずぼら　Yasuki Steel

I have a Yasuki Steel New Asuma it is a nice shaver
I think yours is the same but with the "Azuma" or Zubora in Japanese
Nice score mate

Looks very nice Phrank, all the faces and edges look clearly defined ( I know nothing about these !)
I wonder if this has been reground ?

Here's hoping you keep this thread open and include a shave report when you get it

I have a Yasuki Steel Azuma as well. it took a bit to get it properly honed. Seemed to want to get chipped edges. If you slurry, I would suggest a thin slurry using nagura instead of a DMT, unless you have a really smooth/worn one. At least tahts what worked for me.

You may find you enjoy shaving with it enough to keep it.

Thank-you Gents, Valery will be honing this one, he's done lots of these. I always thought these were more for head shaving, but I've seen many here so I put a single bid on this one, being that it is NOS - didn't expect to win it.

But I have an open mind, and will give it a try.

Here are some more close ups of the Kamisori:

Nice one!
I have a good few kamisoris and are all wonderful shavers and I don't doubt your Zubora will be the same.
Yazuki steel is made the same way as Tamahagane but uses modern methods.

I hope you will love it.

Originally Posted by Phrank

[...] I always thought these were more for head shaving [...]

Well, that's what they were designed to do. I don't know if any subsequent changes appeared after people started shaving their face with it, though. But with the Japanese being suckers for tradition, I doubt it has changed much.

I have one for variety, but I rarely use it. I seem to suck at stropping it, I put one or two good nicks on my strop with it . I use it the traditional way (non-stamp side to face) exclusively, because otherwise, what's the point? A spike point, har.

Interesting.......

Originally Posted by Phrank

Don't know how I feel about these, let alone what it is, but looks like the single bid I put on this won, much to my surprise.

So - will be interesting to give this a try once it get's honed up, and then it may soon be seen in the SRP Classifieds.

NOS Straight Kamisori Razor NEW ZUBORA　ずぼら　Yasuki Steel

It's a good thing you aren't telling us in the open forum you're gonna put something up for sale in the classifieds.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

It's a good thing you aren't telling us in the open forum you're gonna put something up for sale in the classifieds.

True - that would be a violation of the rules...sorry!

Was more a figure of speech, for stupidly placing a bid on something I wasn't sure I even wanted...