I recently got a used kamisori.

When I received it I found some hone marks on it. Not knowing if this may be from the original honing I asked the seller if it had been honed and if so, how it had been honed.
Meanwhile I looked at the edge under the microscope and found it in a really good shape but - and that did bother me a bit - both sides more or less equal - like on a western razor.

I'm no kamisori-expert (yet) but, according to my reading and Glen's (aka gssixgun) video (love that Glen, thanks), front and back should be honed differently which, I assume, then results in a different geometry of the edge.

Then the seller answered it had been honed by a professional and gave me the address. I called that company today and spoke to the guy who does the honing. Of course he could not remember this special razor, but I also had the feeling that talking about a japanese kamisori did not ring any bell like "ah, when we get those we do this and that". it was more like "... yeah, like any razor.. I sharpen them the way I get them except when the customer wants something different".

So the call more or less confirmed my fear that my kamisori has been honed like a western razor.

What now? Is this bad, truely bad? Do something, return it (if I can)? leave it?

As I said before, the Edge itself is done very nice and the kamisori shaves well (don't know if it shaves like a kamisori should shave, but it shaves well)

Thanks for any advice

Frank