About a month ago I bought my first Japanese razor(Feather AC don't count), a NOS Rosette 40, Ribbon razor(manufactured by Kikuboshi if I'm not mistaken).
It's a shorty razor with a blade length of 58mm, blade width of about 22mm and a thick spine that measures 7mm, it's a half hollow shoulderless grind.
It's a great razor, so great in fact that it's quickly become one of my favourites and I've been using it almost exclusively since I got it.
Almost exactly a month after i got the Rosette(little more than a week ago) I bought a NOS "Hayashi Diamond 888, Extra steel Best hollow ground", the backside of the tang is stamped: "For barbers' use, First quality"
The Hayashi is the same razor that's discussed in Sharpton's(I'm posting a new thread in the workshop to discuss that further) post that might have a Cell rot, if it is cell rot I might still be lucky in that it's possible that it's only the wedge that is made of celluloid(since the black spots were only near the toe), I gather that the number '8' is a lucky number in Japan so maybe that's a good sign.
I've shaved with it once so far and it's a very nice shaver but the edge needs some more tuning in before I'm completely satisfied and I've gotten so used to the Rosette's 58mm blade that the Hayashi's 70mm felt a bit cumbersome when I tried it(why is 70mm(ish) the standard anyway?).
It's a half hollow and the blade is remarkably thin, I think it might even be the thinnest I've seen.
Rosette:
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This was the only picture that adequately captured the contrast between blade and tang that you get on shoulderless razors:
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Hayashi:
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Link to workshop thread:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/forge...u-diamond.html