If you look on YouTube for kamisori honing/kamisori shaving then tons come up.
After the first 5 you quickly get the idea - more laps on Omote than Ura (10:1, 12:2, 15:3 or just make it up) and lots of people doing gymnastics using only the Omote against the face for shaving, and lots more people developing and adapting the tradition by using both Omote and Ura sides...
For some reason the big Henkotsus are rising to the surface at the moment.
Jeremy has three and now I have another.
It's 8/8(!) and the handle needed wrapping.
Before:
And after:
Maybe I should've wrapped the handle before honing it, but it just wouldn't wait!
DEFINE "decent" priceNice job. Traditional I guess. I guess I got spoiled on my custom by Joe Edson. He put a layer of yellow ray skin and then nylon cord, guessing here, then covered with CA to seal it. (See earlier post)
I do have two other more traditional though.
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I enjoy using them a lot! I don't have a Henkotsu though so that will probably be my next kamisori purchase if I can find a decent one at a decent price.
Mike
DEFINE "decent" price
You will need a native speaker for that one me thinks.
So how about this one?
Brian and stoop have already very kindly suggested "Akitsu?ki/moto" and a colleague at work reckons "Akitsu Mandai".
And what about the Circle M trademark?
Better photos will follow when it actually arrives.
This thread is a lot of fun and these kamisori are so mysterious [emoji3]
I hone mine symmetrically, myself. Mine are not bimetallic though.
That's very interesting Robin!
And if you have any good handle wrapping tips please let me know.
I'm currently using rattan which I soak beforehand.
This morning's shave is with the Yamamasa Ue:
It's the smallest kamisori I've yet used at 9/16, very nimble and manoeuvrable.
"Ue" is a term of respect meaning "exalted" or "above" and this kind of description seems to be characteristic of kamisori names.
So this is the "Exalted Yamamasa" up there with the Henkotsu Hinoshita Kaizan= "Undisputed Champion Henkotsu" and the Akitsu Fuji="Highest Mountain Akitsu".
And what a fabulous shave!