Originally Posted by
gugi
My Tamahagane razors are too valuable to me to test their hardness, but I very much like how they shave and honing them was a pleasure (I have done it just once so far).
If one wants a Tamahagane razor and has the means to afford it, I think it is still a good idea to have some understanding of what that razor means and represents. It is probably not unlike using a real watch from say Audemars Piguet - there are many far cheaper and more precise ways to tell the time, if that is one's primary objective.