Kikuboshi・菊星・Western Style Vintage Japanese Razor - asymmetrical grind - 2beautiful western style Japanese razor by Kikuboshi which means Chrysanthemum Star in Japanese., When you see the logo you surely will understand. Produced in the 1960s 70s The blade was resharpened and stropped by us to cut like the day it as produced. The razor is in very good shape. We do not high gloss polish the blades during restoration as this will destroy the vintage look of this old masterpiece entirely. Some spots remain where we removed

The laser engraving shows a part of one of ukiyo-e Artists Kuniyoshis master pieces: Kangayu-saemon

The base bears the stamp of Jimu Kobayashi and Kamisori Harnisch

8 cm and a weight of 23

Japan — the last workshop officially allowed to use the name Higonokami

7 cm and width of 1

from an untitled series of the Eight Trigrams

特級 ・ Tokkyu ・high grade

The box is handcrafted out of Sugi wood

It has a length of 14

Tsukiboshi 月星 Kamisori

and the people who live by its rhythms

encased in two layers of soft iron using the San Mai (three-layer) technique