So, I received my kamisori today that I bought on ebay, and it came wrapped in jap. paper with letters on it that I can't read, and a silk bag to put the razor in. It was dull so I put it to the stones, a norton 4/8K combo and a black arkansas surgical stone. I actually succeed to get an edge that was far sharper then my western razors and I didn't spend much time honing at all. Can anybody tell me why? Is it the way you hone a kamisori, the material, the way it is shaped or what? When I tried it on my arm I cut myself but I didn't felt it, I saw blood when I stropped it. And another question, what side should be on the face? Is it the hollow side or the other side?