I'm not sure...
It might not have been Joel ("F") but another Joel that sold it to me from the B&B forum. Joel (F) had just bought a Japanese razor from me, so I might have been mistaking him as one in the same....WHO ever it was, I don't quite know why!

I'm rather happy about the razor, and while that question of 'why' had come up when I decided to buy it, I dismissed any concern when I felt the edge I was able to put on it.

Oh well!

C utz