Quote Originally Posted by Druid View Post
Jamie is right!

I've got quite a few Japanese razors. Three H. Diamond, Tanifuji Cape and Rikishia, The Scheon Burg, Manaslu and a few others. They are all quite similar in performance, which means exceptional! I've had mine for a long time .. I think I only paid $85 for my NOS Hayashi Diamond 8000 with the purple lace scales. While I can't say these razors are not worth lofty prices, I cannot see myself paying $700 for one.

That said, they are very well deserving of their lofty reputation!
The very expensive CAPE 77 are the ones with the "gold" inlay, the more common "silver" inlay ones are comparably more affordable. Still the price is pretty high. CAPE 1000 or 2000 will shave just as well and sell for a very good price even NOS.