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    Default Is this for real? $5300!

    I saw this and about crapped my pants. $5300US for an unsharpened NEW razor?
    New! TAMAHAGANE High-end Straight Razor: IWASAKI-SANJOU | eBay

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    What do you mean, "for real"? They've obviously put a real ad on eBay.

    If you mean, is it priced beyond what the market would justify? Yes, I think it is. If it were an NOS Tamahagane folding straight, 1-2K would be somewhere in the right ballpark. But for a tamahagane Kamisori, the usual prices run 50,000-80,000 JPY, or US$600-1000.

    The fact that this is a "New" razor is interesting. I know that Mizuochi-san does make some Tamahagane razors, but very very rarely, and only for direct orders. I find it odd that this one is on eBay.
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    Very cool razor. I have no idea if the price is justified, but for that much money I think I'd like to fly to Japan and meet the razor maker himself and purchase directly.

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    Wow $5300 and I get to hone it myself so it's just the way I like it. I'll take 10!
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    Hey, man, I'm behind you all the way. Someone ought to have several of something that rare.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
    Wow $5300 and I get to hone it myself so it's just the way I like it. I'll take 10!
    i was thinking the same thing.....

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    I think he asked 3500 the previous time he posted it , apparently the more times it is relisted the more expensive it gets ???
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    Gentlemen,
    At $5,300 plus $14 shipping I can go out and buy myself a Rolls Royce. OY!

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    Default Kamisor for $ 5,300 USD...what I am missing there

    New! TAMAHAGANE High-end Straight Razor: IWASAKI-SANJOU | eBay

    ....regular price on rasurpur.de is about 600 EUR/800 USD (tax free) so what I am missing with above????

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    You missed an already existing thread on the topic asking the same question. I'm going to merge yours with theirs.
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