It is a Western Japanese razor and I asked the seller if the price was firm and he knocked $50.00 of immediately (then charged me for shipping from Japan which was free with the higher end razors). I liked the razor a lot, short blade, heavy spine, I even liked the cheesy scales with the sub par pinning. In another post I mentioned the difficulty honing this razor, one I had to walk away from and come back to. I did get the kind of bevel I wanted finally and have a sweet shaving razor. So why am I here? I got a battery for my Vernier calipers and made 6 measurements on the spine and this is what they are, from toe to heel in mm: 6.72, 6.67, 6.59, 6.54, 6.56, and 6.66.
I'm just wondering if anyone does this kind of thing and if they do are these results typical? And are better quality razors more consistent in the width of the spine from toe to heel?