Inoue Tosuke ・井上藤助・KamisoriA New Kinmoji Kamisori from Inoue Tosuke New Old Stock never used before. Inoue was a famous blacksmith from Osaka. Mainly known for his later blades made from stainless steels. This New Kinmoji (golden Letters) notes on the blade that it was made from one type of steel, so one piece. it was absolutely free of the slightest surface rust so we assume this is also stainless steel. the golden lacquer is original, we just added the new handle wrapping and

9 cm and the weight is 27

under the bust the stamp says "大清年製" made in Qing - meaning this bust was produced in Qing Dynasty China before 1911

beautiful western style Japanese razor by Sakuragi

The knife comes in a lightweight paulownia wood box

Engraved on the lid is an Ukiyo-e woodblock print of Utagawa Kuniyoshi`s - "Nozarashi Gosuke"

The razor is in very good shape

the steel is produced out of iron sand in a several day long process by hand

The picture was laser engraved and finished with shellac

This Orihi or Orihigata Kamisori is an early version of Kamisori’s

made for head shaving or other big surfaces

A vintage Showa-period kamisori crafted by Hyotan (ひょうたん)

All our vintage Kamisori's will be shipped with a free blade protection sheet for free to avoid that the cutting edge will touch anything during the transport