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  1. 04-27-2011, 03:24 AM #1
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    Default It's Finished: Honing Razors and Kamisori

    I've been working on a translation of Kousuke Iwasaki-shi's Barber's Manual, entitled "Honing Razors and Kamisori," for months. Maybe a year.

    And finally, with permission from Shigeyoshi Iwasaki-san, I am immensely proud (and more than a little nervous) to say it's done, and it's ready for the public...I hope.

    I'm more than happy to discuss the contents, but remember--I'm just the translator, the man who wrote it passed several decades ago. I did my best to be as accurate and as well-researched as possible, I did run the translation by both native speakers of Japanese who read English, and native speakers of English who read Japanese, but there may still be mistakes. There are almost certainly typographical errors.

    So here is a download link, the file is a ZIP containing a PDF and password-protected DOC (my only nod to the natural desire to protect the work, I'm well aware it's a joke). If you need/want another format, please PM me.

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    Thanx for taking the trouble to do this Jim.
    Look forward to reading.
    “The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.”
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    Dear Mr. Jim
    Thank you very much! To me this is like a birthday present in advance.
    I can't thank you enough for your great efforts and work in passing on the knowledge
    and tradition of Nihonkamisori shaving to the English speaking world.

    Best regards,
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    Wow. Great stuff!
    Thanks ever so much for doing the job and giving us the opportunity to read it!
    I really look forward to reading this!
    Bjoernar
    Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....

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    Great job Jim, and thanks for taking the time to do that..!
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    Awesome!!

    Thanks Jim!!
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    Well done, now we should inhale this stuff. Many thanks Jim!
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    Thanks very much for all the kind words. It was a true pleasure to do, and it's very gratifying to finally have people read and appreciate it.
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    The bits on the use of slurry and a nagura are worth a revisit.
    I also like the bit on stropping where the flex is at the spine
    and not on the edge (page 14). It is 'obvious' yet I have never
    seen it stated.

    The discussion on angles in how to use a western razor are spot on.

    Good stuff... !
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