Thread: Really a bargain for a Tamahagane razor...

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I wonder where he got it from. I was originally told Iwasaki's Tamahagne items were pretty much sold to his dedicated collectors and never made it to stores and he had a very long waiting list. About 10 years ago they were selling for around $1,200 straight from the maker but you couldn't get one.

They're cheaper than that now. There are a few shops online with them in stock here in Japan, and the prices are running around double the Swedish steel versions--so from 60,000JPY for a size one to about 100,000 JPY for a size two (though the size two is incredibly hard to find).

$4200 is, frankly, taking the p**s.