Hanamasa・花政・Kamisorivery interesting find. This is a New Old Stock Hanamasa or New Hanamasa Kamisori with a new Azuma packaging. We kept both parts together. The packaging lets us trace back the Kamisori to 8th December 1956. The packaging contains a small recommendation slip from Hyogo prefecture Machinery & Metalworking Industry Advisory Office, recommending the Azuma Kamisori. Now there might be a link between Hanamasa and Azuma but thats nothing we could verify. In

It has awesome file marks (Yasurime) on the back

All Kanjis were gold lacquered by the manufacturer

width of 2 cm

Nakayama in Kyoto

Shobudani “Iki-murasaki” (lively purple) — A Kyoto-region natural finishing stone with purple-toned weathering and “Iki-murasaki” surface character

Vintage Nagamitsu・永光 ・straight razor・Kamisori

it produces a clean

please check if these are still good inside before shaving

using linen and urushi lacquer (additional fee applies)

The box is handcrafted by us out of imported Japanese Hinoki wood

I is an exceptional beautiful stone and just fun to look at while honing

The razor was made in the Showa period (probably early 60s) and has a length of 14