Max, I'm pretty sure the name is Norio...
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Welcome to the club Max! Even better when you shave your head with it ;)
I can see it now you posting a review and lo and behold like overpriced Filarmonica or Dubl Duck, kamisori's will be highly sought after and Jim's stock of Iwasaki's will be gone faster than you can say JDM razors p3wn > * :P
If I can add one other thing, I think the Japanese razors are easier to hone. I'm still having trouble with the whole process of Western razor honing, but putting a wicked edge on a kamisori could not be simpler. Anyway, not sure if that helps anyone decide, but if you are on the fence, maybe it will.
Russel Baldrige made one for me with a symmetrical grind which is a lovely shaver. I don't like the Japanese asymmetrical grinds.
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WOW, thanks for posting that picture! Beautiful razor! And because it's a symmetrical grind, you can flip it over and use it just like a Western razor? Very cool! Now you got me thinking about another razor I need . . .
Yep. Except of course for the way you hold it in your hand, it shaves just like a western style razor. The line you see in the blade is the hamon which resulted from the clay coating during heat treatment.
That's what we call a frankenrazor. (I don't mean that in a negative light). It has the outward appearance of a traditional Japanese razor but the grind is basically western. It's really more western because the grind and shave experience is really western.What really makes the Japanese Razor is the asymmetrical grind.