Thread: Kamijo Yukio, revealing the secrets of steel

Those two are top knotch....you got two of the bet out of the lot! Congratulations!
I have developed a passion for japanese razors over the years and amongst all Iwasaky and makers related or involved to Iwasaki razor production.

Iukio Kamijo made some exceptional razors.
One of his razors could have cost up to 30 times more then an Iwasaki when Iwasaki started producing razors.

Your two are mid production...and in exceptonal shape.

I was lucky enough over the years to aquire almost all of iwasaki's razor models....and his colaborations with Kamijo and Tanifiji.

These 2 are some late production Yukio Kamijo @20 and 22 mm wide.
They were found in pretty bad shape and have been reground by an old man in my country that is a 5th generation solingen Grinder.
these 2 are ofc before Yukio started colaboration with Iwasaki.

After the colaboration began...the razors were stamped by both masters.
This one is my most valued razor atm... a first generation Iwasaki Kokusen + Yukio Kamijo Tamahagane western grind.
@ 21,5 mm wide and minimum honeware...i have no idea if it was the factory edge on but it looks pritty mint.


The 2 also made sweedish steel western razors that were stamped with both masters markings.



The razors made in colaboration with Kamijo were quenched verticaly and that means the spine is also hard and more ware resistant...
After the colaboration with Kamijo ended Iwasaki strted quenching the razors horizontaly like katana swords...so these later versions actualy have a softer spine prone to honeware and just 2/3 of the blade width hardened


This is a Kamijo quench


this is another Kamijo quench