Thread: The first razor I might not hone (Tanifuji)

Thanks for the heads up on the edges. The only other "good" razor that I've shaved with so far is one of these:

Japanese Straight Razor Kikuboshi Special Razor | eBay

I never thought to offer what I feel is reasonable on razors, but lately have been doing it and find the sellers are amenable to it.

I found this kikuboshi to be in hair shaving condition, but it was lacking a little. It must be hard, because it takes a very smooth edge but is a bit lacking in sharpness if you get stiff with it on the linen. Take a light pass on the linen and stay easy on the edge and it stays very sharp and is incredibly smooth. If it is in fact harder than a western razor typically is, I wouldn't be surprised given that behavior.

(most of the european razors that I have love a brisk session on the vintage linen, i suppose they're probably a bit softer and because of it tougher and a little more tolerant of heavy linen work).

Have several NOS Tanis,as above most are shave ready out of the box.
Yours?, I would oil it and store it away and never use it,JMO

Meh. Use it! You won't wear it out, I promise!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Meh. Use it! You won't wear it out, I promise!

No. It will not wear out,first define if you are a user or a collector,at one time I was both.
Have sold alot of NOS (unused blades) orig box, paper wrap, never honed, never used all orig paperwork.
I always garnered twice the resale price for the same blade that has been used one time and I was always honest in the discription.
That blade will shave no better than any of your other well honed blades,it will not bring you shaving nirvana,so why use it?
As said above, that model is getting hard to find.

Man that's nice. I'm salivating. I've got a small gathering of Japanese Westerns and I can't get enough of them. But I've slowed my buying considerably. This just gets the fires stoked.
I understand the collecting part but I have to use whatever I buy, just a personal thing. You let me know if it pains you too much to keep around lol

Damn! One beautiful razor.

Oh My now that is very Spiffy
not sure if Icould not use it at least once anyway

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

No. It will not wear out,first define if you are a user or a collector,at one time I was both.
Have sold alot of NOS (unused blades) orig box, paper wrap, never honed, never used all orig paperwork.
I always garnered twice the resale price for the same blade that has been used one time and I was always honest in the discription.
That blade will shave no better than any of your other well honed blades,it will not bring you shaving nirvana,so why use it?
As said above, that model is getting hard to find.

Well, I know that seller. Nice guy! I have bought several from him. His father sold them back in the 60's and he has quite a pile. NOS Fillys and all manner of Japanese razors. He has a pile of Friodurs as well. Seems Japan is loaded with those!
It may not be as rare as we think as they come out of hiding. Buy one to save, one to use!

Well, I haven't seen too many others at a decent price, at least not unused.

The seller I got this one from is named zigzigpapa or something like that. I've gotten some good deals from him on razors that are in a condition that I otherwise don't usually buy. The other guy I've been buying from is artesoni or something, who's got a bunch of what looks like '50s and on solingen razors, but I can't get as good of deals from him!!

Not that these razors aren't still in the hundreds, so getting a deal is a relative thing. More of a defensive issue if I sell later, I've lost my share of money!!

(and FTR, I am a user and not a collector. I love the razors that are well made and straight and that stay in a state of near nirvana pretty much just with linen and leather, and then maybe 5 minutes on a finishing hone every 150 shaves or so - i wouldn't wear out a single razor in my lifetime if I had only one. I'm undecided about this one. Eventually i probably will give in)

I think it would be a shame not to shave with it. Just my opinion of course! Beautiful razor! Sigh.

Mike