Quote Originally Posted by JimR View Post
Shigeyoshi worked with his father, followed his passion and his dream. Shigeyoshi made this, a Western style razor, out of Tamahagane, the steel that his father used to connect Japan's history to its present...this razor is a work of truest art, nothing less. It is a piece of Japanese history, rare and precious, and I value it for what it is, not for what you tell me it is not.
A value that can only be indignified and smudged by filthy amounts of money.
After the original maker was payed for his work, such pieces should really only be passed on as presents from fathers to sons, sons to fathers, mentors go pupils or pupils to mentors, and other strong bonds that celebrate the art of being human. Anything else is a disgrace, in my humble opinion.