Quote Originally Posted by Bruce View Post
Aren't Japanese razors ground like that? Flat or nearly so on one side and concave on the other. If so, the pocket microtome only has a hinged handle to differentiate it from its Eastern cousin.

Pumasaki
Well I thought the same thing but ....... In one of the threads I dug up when I got this thebigspendur said that the microtome is not the same so I don't know. I have never owned a Japanese style razor, I have only seen photos of them.