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If you mean the line that I indicate with the arrows, these are the Japanese letters.
Check the second pic.

My photos are very bad quality.

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3175/31666220.jpg...

Thank you very much pixelfixed. My finish is a bit ugly I know.

To be honest, I didn’t understand exactly what you describe as the finishing technique due to my English handicap, but I will read...

It arrived today from Japan.
All instruction where in Japanese of course, so I had to figure out my self how to do it.
I soak it in warm water for half an hour to make it flexible and then I...

Are there any comments about the age of this particular razor?
Before or after WWII?

I beleive it's a baboo thing as you said above.

I found it:
Japanese straight razor handle material Ivy skin | eBay

I just shaved once with it. It is the sharpest and smoothest razor that I own. For the first time I had the feeling that the hair were cut without the razor touching the skin.
But the difficulty of...

It gave me the impression that it is made for shaving another person and not yourself.

I also found difficult to hold it in the various passes.

Too late my friend.
I could get no sleep thinking of it. So I got down to my hones to work on it.
The edge looks very different, very sharp, and the arm hair test passes easily.
Too bad I shaved...

gssixgun I wanted to ask you this:
In your video you say that it must be used an 8k stone.
This particular razor has never been used and never been honed. Doing the arm hair test it cuts absolutely...

Kamisori experts’ opinion is welcome

I just bought this NOS Kamisori made from “Kiyotaka Ichihara”.
The dimensions:
Blade Length: 40 mm
Blade Width (at the widest point): 18 mm
Total...