Thread: Tanifuji question

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Every Japanese razor I own is a great razor. I have a couple that are considered Tanifuji, one being a Ten Star. And those are great too. Any Japanes in good condition is likely to knock it out of the park. I saw Manaslu mentioned above, a great razor. But I had not known of it being a a Tanifuji.

Manaslu razors were wonderfully made but not by Tanifuji as far as I know. I own a Manaslu 300 which shaves spectacularly well.

And, I concur that it's difficult to find fault with just about any Japanese vintage razor make. They perfected the art for sure!

Originally Posted by ischiapp

Thanks a lot.

I noticed that coincidence. Great pick up. I hope you enjoy it.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

Every Japanese razor I own is a great razor. I have a couple that are considered Tanifuji, one being a Ten Star. And those are great too. Any Japanes in good condition is likely to knock it out of the park. I saw Manaslu mentioned above, a great razor. But I had not known of it being a a Tanifuji.

Nichiri was a different company.

Here is a list of known Tanifuji made razors

CAPE, Command, Spalding、MaxFli、FAVORIT、Wogen、BA'BA、HOLCO、AIRI, KONIG、TF.HAIROP、Rikishia、RITUKY RAZOR、CLUB RAZOR, TEN STAR, HELMAN, KINTAKA, BULLDOG, Tokiwa, Three DoLL , UGA, SOBO, IWASAKI T, King Razor, Gold Harty

I just bought a Hillman 880 supreme that doesn't have his mark or name but has inscription for barbers use first quality could it be a Tanifuji ?

I just looked at a pic of Hillman 880 supreme. That razor has stabilizers. As far as I know Tanifuji razors dont have them so just by the looks I would say no.
Tanifuji made a Helman as Mainaman mentioned in his post.

So....Can I assume this is an Iwasaki Tokiwa by Tanfuji? WITH a double-stabilizer? Or what?
Thanks in advance!

for reference, here is my Helman... as you can see, no stabilizers..
i also hae a hillman somewhere ant fins it.. but will post pics as soon as i do. I can tell you that the hillman does not look or feel like a tanifuji at all, nor fdoes it have any tanifuji logo...

As I said above, I have never seen a Tanifuji name stamped on a razor with stabilizers. If there is one hopefully somebody can post a picture or reference.

Perhaps it has been reground and the extra stabilizer added? I will investigate that. Might be what I have?