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You are welcome!
By the way I just discovered that R付 should mean round shape. Look at the profile of the spine, it is rounded and not 90 degrees. So that R might mean "round"

It is a New Inoue Tōsuke, R Tsuki (means "with" R, don't know what does R stand for) standard shape 18mm in stainless steel.
For its price I'd say less than a non stainless one.
Check by yourself...

Hello Tony, it says Furuike or Koike... 古池
å�¤æ± · Tangorin Japanese Dictionary

Meaning old pond, but it might be a name or a place maybe.

Hi Richard, it is a nice 瑞鳳　Zuiho.
You can find some for sale on Ebay.
Don't have info on this though.
I had one of these razors, but I never used it....

Fikira I am really impressed by your work and effort, really.
Hentaigana...yes it could be...
This style of writing sometimes can be seen on stamps, the square ones in red usually.
I am sure...

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hope this helps

Hi Stefan, it says Miyabun Special Selection.
宮文特選

I also found this,
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razors/88380-need-kanji-japanese-help-japanese-frameback-razor.html

And Miyabun, seems to...

Thank you, I appreciate your words. :)

hi,
純　jyun, pure, genuine
hope this helps

Hello,
it says 天然 tennen（natural)
仕上砥 shiageto（finishing stone)
Cant't read some kanji on the red ellipse and leaf, but on the left it should be something like High Grade and the first kanji on...

I think it's a syntethic stone!
I'll make a check!

This should be a Yamamasa! Mountain (yama) design plus masa (正)

Hi aaron,
it means Masahiro Katei Toishi (Masahiro Whetston ... katei means "home" as opposite to "for professional use")
Hope this helps!

Hi, it's a Inoue Tōsuke kamisori.
On the blade it's written Tōsuke, and on the case there's an address in Akeshi.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi,_Hy%C5%8Dgo
Than again Inoue Tōsuke.
This...

Hi, it is the same as 保険付　hoken tsuki (with insurance)
險=険　保険 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 保險, hiragana ほけん, romaji hoken)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%BF%9D%E9%99%BA

附=付　附 ·...

I had a strange feeling on this stone. It's because I have already seen it :)
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razors/119450-kanji-help-post-here-your-requests-14.html#post1619850...

Hi Fikira, you are right. The kanji you wrote it's the one we were looking for.
They have the same pronounciation and I made a mistake in typing it. So no butterflies here!
Thanks a lot! :)

Hi Benjisco,

So...starting from the top we have:
最高級 (Saikokyu) First Class
別鋼羽 (Betsu - Hagane - Hane) Another, different - Steel - Feather, Wing. MIGHT be a kind of "special light steel"
...

Hi benjisco, sorry for being so late...i will let you know in a couple of days... I believe there is an hentaigana here too...give me a couple of days more... :)

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Hi Jethro,
things are getting harder and harder here :)
In the first pic, those symbols (the first and the third) are hentaigana.
The first one might be the "KO" in the word...

Well done!

Vileru your reading is perfect!
2 unit and n.28 (2組 28番) is a common way to identify a student in a school.
So it's class n. 2 and seat n.28. It might be a school for barbering, wher mr. Ishikawa...

Hello everybody,
please excuse my if I haven't been here for a while, I had some difficult months lately.



This is a 玉林 razor. The rading is Gyokurin... There's something on ebay.

Hi Stefan, this is a Sasuga razor. サスガ in the triangles. Other kanji are the ususal "trade Mark" and "Special Made" stuff.
Hope this helps.

Hi bsohm, this is a Inoue Tosuke, kinmoji. It might be one of those not made by himself as I can't see the 作 (saku) kanji after his name 井上藤助. Mine is just a guess though. I mean, maybe the one with...