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Beautiful razor and beautiful photography Phank.
Ive never seen kanji like that before.

Martin

As Phrank said the kanji means Tokiwa, Im not sure what the 3 stands for but the M means medium hardness. Yours will be made from Kousuke Iwasakis' modified Swedish steel that closely...

Tom
I have a Iwasaki like yours with the etched tanged, mine has the kanji for Tokiwa on the reverse.
Its unusual in the fact it has a stabiliser and i haven't seen that particular model in a...

Dovo1695

I have corresponded with Takeshi a few times and he was most helpful.
I still find it amusing that in your first post you presented us with one of the most beautiful and significant...

Thanks pete

I was very lucky to find one in such great condition. They do come up on flea bay from time to time but the sellers get carried away with prices.

Thank you.

Unfortunately it is just a estimate of the age. I have seen a catalogue of the various models that Iwasaki san produced and it is thought to be from around the time i gave.
Short of...

Thanks chaps, it took the best part of 5 years to track the right one down. I am as happy as can be!

Mark

Gentlemen, at this point in time I'm at one with the world.

This is the one razor I have sought above all others, made by the legendary Shigeyoshi Iwasaki from the almost mythical Tamahagane.
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