I ordered an Iwasaki Kamisori a week or so ago. The 50mm swedish steel version. It is an amazing razor, all I did was strop it on my balsa with crox/irox and it shaved wonderfully. Super close and extremely smooth.
It is a beautiful looking razor, fit and finish is best i've ever seen on a kami. The only problem I had was being unable to find one with rattan already around the handle. I ended up doing a wrap my self.
I took a super smooth and supple piece of deer hide and used a ruler + knife(razor sharp) to cut a thin piece of cord from it. I then wrapped the handle pulling the leather as tight as possible. No glue was used. The wrap came out perfect, so tight it won't budge. A friend actually argued with me saying I glued it, even though you can see where I pulled the ends under. The deerskin feels so nice in hand that I might never have it redone traditionally with rattan.
Here are some pics(last 2 have best light), let me know what you think. Should I have it redone traditionally sometime in the future?
It is a beautiful looking razor, fit and finish is best i've ever seen on a kami. The only problem I had was being unable to find one with rattan already around the handle. I ended up doing a wrap my self.
I took a super smooth and supple piece of deer hide and used a ruler + knife(razor sharp) to cut a thin piece of cord from it. I then wrapped the handle pulling the leather as tight as possible. No glue was used. The wrap came out perfect, so tight it won't budge. A friend actually argued with me saying I glued it, even though you can see where I pulled the ends under. The deerskin feels so nice in hand that I might never have it redone traditionally with rattan.
Here are some pics(last 2 have best light), let me know what you think. Should I have it redone traditionally sometime in the future?