Thread: My grail razor finally the search is over. :-)

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

Actually, Sanjo Seisakujo defeated Western Razor made in Solingen, Germany by the quality and performance, however they could not produce their western Tamahagane razor as much as Solingen, Germany.

Very Japanese

Pleased for you Jamie, however, it appears to be er, well, 'plain' compared to your other razors. I suppose the quality surpasses understated appearance. I know that your excellent photography will present it in a very different light.

Oh, and happy New Year to you mate.

Originally Posted by wayne394

Pleased for you Jamie, however, it appears to be er, well, 'plain' compared to your other razors. I suppose the quality surpasses understated appearance. I know that your excellent photography will present it in a very different light.

Oh, and happy New Year to you mate.

Thanks Wayne, and you are right it does look plain compared to many Japanese razors all the quality and beauty was resereved for the blade.

Originally Posted by wayne394

Pleased for you Jamie, however, it appears to be er, well, 'plain' compared to your other razors. I suppose the quality surpasses understated appearance. I know that your excellent photography will present it in a very different light.

Oh, and happy New Year to you mate.

To me the beauty is in the craftsmanship, it doesn't need fancy gold plating, spine work or scales.
Shigeyoshi Iwasaki is a master razor maker, what makes his razors so special to me is that they are made in the traditional methods and he put his heart and soul into making them.

Lol Jamie, good luck keeping your beard!

Like they all said......

Congrats, what's left to collect next, I guess another one just like it?

Mine was not NOS, but it is the best shaving straight I've ever used.



You are going to love your NOS specimen's shave above that of any of your other fine straights, I predict.

Something truly magical about the Iwasaki-tuned Swedish carbon steel.

Elven forgers? Angelic blessings? Shinto prayers? Open to speculation, but whatever it is, it works.

Congratulations My Friend!

Well done Jamie! Looks like an awesome blade.

SO, now that you've found the grail, does this mean you're going to have a fire sale on all those "lesser" beauties you've been gathering all these years? Just kidding.

Looking forward to some razor porn. BRING IT!!

Congratz on getting your Holy Grail" ..... It's a beauty! It will be a great shaver!

Congrats on an exceptional razor in amazing condition! I bet you're counting the hours for it to arrive When it does, be sure to post some hi-resolution pictures.

I own one of the last Iwasaki Tamahagane Western Razors that Shigeyoshi Iwasaki ever produced (number 1901.6), procured by Harrelson Stanely from Masayoshi Hiraide in Sanjo city. If my house was on fire, it's the only object I'd take with me.

I recently saw pictures of a Iwasaki Tamahagane Western Razor marked 1406.5 that had a picture of a very similar box. I don't know whether the box was original to the razor however. The box was black instead of green and bore the tamahagane stamp. Otherwise they are very similar. The box might be helpful for dating purposes. I have posted 2 pics below. Do you have any idea when yours was made?