Thread: Unmarked Iwasaki razors on ebay

What does unmarked Iwasaki mean? You are saying the razor is Iwasaki just not stamped?

Originally Posted by alex1921

What does unmarked Iwasaki mean? You are saying the razor is Iwasaki just not stamped?

Can only be determined トキワ=Tokiwa Razor

But artisan making is very similar to Iwasaki Tanifuji?
Acid treatment appears "hamon"

All I can say is, if some one attempted to sell me a razor as iwasaki but without an Iwasaki stamp, I would request blunt un arguable historically demonstrated proof that his argument is Valid, otherwise, for me, such razor is not an iwasaki. On this case, the evidences should be provided by the person affirming the razor is an iwasaki and not the other way around.

Originally Posted by TMILO

But artisan making is very similar to Iwasaki Tanifuji?
Acid treatment appears "hamon"

That means absolutely nothign. ANY razor made in shallow hardening steel will show those lines and spots on the spine, because that is where the thickness of the spine and the trapped heat prevents a full hardening. Victors 1095 razors have this. My XC130 razors and even some of my thin XC130 kitchen knives have this.
So in terms of provenance it proves nothing.

Calling something an unmarked Iwasaki is nothing more than an attempt to artificially increase the price without any tangible reason.
At best you can say 'unmarked Japanese razor'

Can be sure that he has a labeled トキワ=Tokiwa Japanese razor~
I want to know Tokiwa right now.
Not how much Iwasaki can sell.

Originally Posted by TMILO

But artisan making is very similar to Iwasaki Tanifuji?
Acid treatment appears "hamon"

“Tokiwa” (トキワ) could very well be a company’s name,
in that case “Iwasaki” and "Tanifuji" worked with “Tokiwa”
I've written a little bit in the articles:
https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/...fuji-fukutaro/
https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/iwasaki/
(just "search" for "Tokiwa")

It could be made by a student of Tanifuji, who knows!

Originally Posted by Fikira

“Tokiwa” (トキワ) could very well be a company’s name,
in that case “Iwasaki” and "Tanifuji" worked with “Tokiwa”
I've written a little bit in the articles:
https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/...fuji-fukutaro/
https://historyrazors.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/iwasaki/
(just "search" for "Tokiwa")

It could be made by a student of Tanifuji, who knows!

Thank you for your article, I have always seen ^^
Tokiwa Razor, I don't know which one produces razors,
is a good razor.

The older frameback Suzumasa Swedish steel razors are amazing shavers.
The newer Suzumasa razors like the one that was printed with the Iwasaki logo are OK.

I guess if Iwasaki will come over and sign it in front of a notary then it’s an Iwasaki. If it’s not signed it’s anything you want to tell someone. Hey it’s your lie tell it the way you want