Kikuei・菊營・Pre War KamisoriA vintage early Showa period kamisori Japanese Straight Razor crafted by Kikuei with the original box stating its purchase date. Showa 3. so 1928. Seeing the purchase date is extremely rare and we consider this a collectors item. We added a new Rattan handle wrapping and lacquered it with several layers of Urushi. Includes a handcrafted Japanese paulownia box with engraving. Shave ready.

marking its authenticity

The Shapton lapping plate restores your stones to a flat

With the serial numbers a collector’s item directly imported from Japan

approximately in the 1930-40s

please have a look on our "Kamisori Care Oil" in

From the Series from the series "Eight Immortals in the Art of Love"

Bluing forms a thin layer of magnetite (Fe3O4) on top of the iron

玉鋼 ・Tamahagane ・ the steel it was made of

asymmetrical grind

on the bottom of the pictures has some sulfur inclusions and seems overall denser and thus also most likely finer

It comes with a Kamisori box that was slightly altered by the previous owner

The print shows an Geisha with the highest of ranks "Oiran" getting a tattoo