Quote Originally Posted by Jasongreat View Post
Les, as I understand it, the good steel was put on the ura side, the weld lines show up on some of the vintage Jstr8s. The only part that has good steel exposed on the omote side is just the bevel. I ask you the question you asked, which side is supposed to be against the face, the side with the good steel? Or the trashy steel?

Nicely asked Jason !!

i have only heard of japanese barbers telling (when we they were asked wich side should be used against the face) that Omote side should be used. Some barbers say that both sides can be used. But i never heard of a japanese barber (a guy who is paid to hold and use kamisori) who said that Ura side should be used on the face.

Let's point out that the barbers i am speaking of seemed to have a little surprise look when asked such question : they did not seems to understand the question. Not that much that they don't understand the question, more that they wonder why we wanna know such things that sems so obvious to them.


So, again, find a japanese barber who will tell that he mainly use the Ura and follow what he saysif u want. But i haven't heard of any.