Japanese Straights

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Originally Posted by Srdjan

One I've been longing for, for a while. A magnificent shaver and so much fun to hone!

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Beautiful, thats more than a smile, thats a Cheshire cat grin!
Congratulations.

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Originally Posted by Srdjan

One I've been longing for, for a while. A magnificent shaver and so much fun to hone!

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That's gorgeous! Is it a custom built one?
Who is it by? Love the design.

Ild be pretty nervous putting it near my face though haha

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This one finally arrived.
Hien 650 in beautiful condition [emoji1]
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Nice one mrchick, looks like an asymmetrical grind, how does she shave?

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Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Nice one mrchick, looks like an asymmetrical grind, how does she shave?

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Thanks. I am out of town and won't know until next week.

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Originally Posted by Mrwater

That's gorgeous! Is it a custom built one?
Who is it by? Love the design.

Ild be pretty nervous putting it near my face though haha

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Hey, no, not a custom build. This is Saito SK-1. I shaved with it several times by now and trust me, it is no danger. Just a lovely shaver! :)

2 Japanese straights arrived this week. The red one is a H. Diamond which I have to clean / polish and hone. The black one with the covered tang came shave ready. Marked on the tang: 1072, but no brand name, just a logo on the scales. The 1072 mark is also printed on the covered tang of another H. Diamond I own, and I have seen it on other Japanese straights. I have no idea what the brand name of this black Japanese razor is, but I sure like the looks of it. Tomorrow in the SOTD.

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Originally Posted by Maarten

2 Japanese straights arrived this week. The red one is a H. Diamond which I have to clean / polish and hone. The black one with the covered tang came shave ready. Marked on the tang: 1072, but no brand name, just a logo on the scales. The 1072 mark is also printed on the covered tang of another H. Diamond I own, and I have seen it ofter on Japanese straights. I have no idea what the brand name of this black Japanese razor is, but I sure like the looks of it. Tomorrow in the SOTD.

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Nice score mate, that looks remarkably like a Hayashi 1072 with black scales instead of the red.

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Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Nice score mate, that looks remarkably like a Hayashi 1072 with black scales instead of the red.

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It really does look identical to the Hayashi Diamond 1072. Only the name misses and the logo differs. Anyway, if it shaves alike, I'm a happy shaver!

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Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

Nice one mrchick, looks like an asymmetrical grind, how does she shave?

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I shaved with it this morning. For once, "shave ready" meant shave ready. I stropped it and got a very nice two pass shave. The blade gave no audible feedback but just wiped away the whiskers. This is my first razor with a Kamisori grind and I initially tried to just shave with the omote side and found it awkward. I finished the shave using both sides and couldn't tell the difference. I really like this razor.