KsStraightShaver are you buying this razor as a piece of art, never to be used, collectors item or are you buying it to use it?

The swedish ones costs about 300 or so and I think thats not excessive in any way since its handmade and very high quality, and its a one man show and they have to make a living.

but 2 grand???

If you drop this razor on a tile its toast. Also I question the actual difference in performance between the tamahagane and the swedish steel, if the swedish steel selected was a good one to begin with it will be among the purest (and most consistent on the planet from batch to batch). So whats to improve here? These are simple carbon steels. They are not 3:rd gen powder stainless hss.

btw My friend got an almost new SVI open gun for 2k euro. And it has zero MIM nor cast parts! Its a piece of art. And now a similar gun goes for like 5-7k euro... definitely not worth it.

2 grand buys a lot of other nice things.