Originally Posted by
JeffE
I don't think the spine was taped, as I've never heard of anyone doing that when sharpening a Japanese razor.
If the "weird" bevel you're talking about is the bevel that appears on one side of the blade and not the other, that's actually what a kamisori is supposed to look like when sharpened properly. The bevel is assymetric -- very wide on the side without the writing and very, very narrow on the side with the writing. (I know one is the ura and the other is the omote, but I still can't remember which is which.)
Anyway, it doesn't look like a bad blade, and certainly hasn't been mistreated based on these photos, so I hope it ends up in your collection! --Jeff