Massive Henkotsu Kamisori, へんこつ, Hinoshita Kaizan Restored Vintage Japanese Straight Razor, Rattan-Urushi Handle Wrapping and Handmade Hinoki BoxMassive Japanese straight Razor from Henkotsu. This Henkotsu is named Hinoshita Kaizan an old honorific title of the Yokozuna the highest ranking Sumo wrestler in Japan. This impressive razor was made in the Showa period. Rattan Handle Wrapping with 3 layers of black Urushi.

a bit on the heavier side

Why is this blade not stainless

Both layers are not stainless

It can’t get any more traditional with this razor

Includes a 10

on the left:

musume fu) from his series The Connoisseur of Present-day Customs (当世風俗通 tosei fuzoku tsu) from around 1790

花正・Hanamasa

The box is handcrafted out of real Japanese hinoki wood

the upper one shaped like a drop the lower one like a kidney

きくひだり・Kiku Hidari・the maker

This hard stone is used to polish the razor