Inoue Tosuke・ 井上藤助・KamisoriA vintage Showa period kamisori crafted by Inoue Tosuke () New Old Stock, never used before. We have added a Rattan handle wrapping and lacquered it with several layers of Urushi. Includes a handcrafted Japanese paulownia box with engraving. Shave ready.

This stone is a Renge Namazu (蓮華鯰) — "lotus catfish

Artwork by: Ichiraku Studio Tsukuba-Japan

Tenma the brand literally means celestial horse and adapts the concept of chinese mystical horses that could have great speed and sometimes even fly

Amano shapes and sharpens each Kamisori in his workshop in Kochi — the geometry set

Vintage Teramasa ・寺正 ・Tamahagane・ 玉鋼・ Steel

The box is handcrafted by us and has place for 2 more Kamisori or small things you would like to store with this awesome Kamisori

Beautiful Rattan Handle Wrapping with black Urushi

most likely in the 1920s or 30s

Similar to the traditional Samurai sword

Engraved on the lid is an Ukiyo-e woodblock print of Utagawa Kuniyoshi

An extremely well preserved vintage Showa-period kamisori by Yahatamaru・八幡丸 New Old Stock

This Iwasaki has minor pitting in the blade  and is pretty ground down as the blade before was unevenly honed resulting in some material loss and necessary regrinding of the Omote side(side without markings) - this esthetic defects results in the price difference to other Iwasaki Tamahagane pieces from first Master Kosuke Iwasaki