New & NOS kamisori

Hand made, hand forged Kamisori :  I have  been making kamisori for 4 years using various tool steels.  I have now settled on Forging with a variety of steels including Japanese Shiro Suminagashi steel with a 2mm thick Shiro white carbon steel core. 1095 Damascus and 01 tool steel.  Some can be used right and left handed whereas others are either for right or left handed use.  Prices range between £50.00 and £150.00.  The process of making a Kamisori from a bar of steel incorporates the following steps: cut steel, forge to shape, anneal, rough grind, normalise (3 cycles), heat treat at 800c and quench in mineral oil at 25c, temper for 2 hours at 200c (2 cycles), final grind, acid etch (2 cycles), hone to hanging hair sharp. 

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Sold:  Two. Shave-Ready Suminagashi steel hand forged kamisori for right handed use. Made by myself at my Cornish forge.

sold. Shave-ready Suminagashi steel hand forged kamisori made by my myself at my Cornish forge.  Beautiful razor with natural rattan over red felt applied to handle.

Price £80 & £8 P&P so total £88.00.  Item: SUMI 2

Sold:  Hand forged, Hitatchi White steel (Yasuki steel), with clay hamon, shave-ready kamisori. Beautiful razor with classic hamon and natural rattan wrap. Can be used left or right handed.

Sold:  Japanese multi-layered steel with a white paper core. Hand made at my Cornish forge. Large, 50mm edge, beautiful.

Sold:  Suminagashi steel shave-ready hand-forged kamisori.  Beautiful.  Hand forged at my Cornish forge.  Heavy and thick kamisori which can be used in either hand

Sold:  2 Suminagashi hand forged kamisori razors as shown in pictures:

Sold:  Suminagashi Shiro II Steel Hand Made Shave-Ready Kamisori for either left or rght handed use.  Made by myself at my forge in Cornwall, UK.  You can see the layers of steel which have been brought out through acid etching.  Beautiful kamisori, shave-tested and one of a kind.

Sold:  Suminagashi Shiro II Steel Hand Made Shave-Ready Kamisori for LEFT HANDED use.  Made by myself at my forge in Cornwall, UK.  You can see the layers of steel which have been brought out through acid etching.  Beautiful kamisori, shave-tested and one of a kind

Sold:  Suminagashi Shiro II Steel Hand Made Shave-Ready Kamisori.  Can be used left and right handed.  Made by myself at my forge in Cornwall, UK.  You can see the layers of steel which have been brought out through acid etching.  Beautiful little kamisori, shave-tested and one of a kind.

Sold:  Suminagashi Shiro II Steel Hand Made Shave-Ready Kamisori. Can be used left and right handed. Made by myself at my forge in Cornwall, UK. You can see the layers of steel which have been brought out through acid etching. Beautiful kamisori, shave-tested and one of a kind.

Sold:  Suminagashi Shiro II Steel Hand Made Shave-Ready Kamisori.  Can be used left and right handed.  Made by myself at my forge in Cornwall, UK.  You can see the layers of steel which have been brought out through acid etching.  Beautiful little kamisori and one of a kind.

Sold:  1095 Damascus Steel Shave-Ready Kamisori with a hair popping edge.  Over 50mm edge length. Hand forged at my forge in Cornwall.  Unique and one of a kind like all my kamisori.  Can be used right and left handed. 

Sold:  1095 Damascus Steel Shave-Ready Kamisori with a hair popping edge.  Natural rattan handle wrap.  Hand forged at my forge in Cornwall.  Unique and one of a kind like all my kamisori.  Can be used right and left handed. 

Sold:  Japanese Shiro Suminagashi steel with a 2mm thick Shiro white carbon steel core shave ready kamisori  Hand forged at my Cornish forge.  Can be used left and right handed. The colour difference is due to being left to sit in extremely strong coffee after etching. 

Sold:  Suminagashi Shiro II Steel Hand Made Shave-Ready Kamisori.  Can be used left and right handed.  Made by myself at my forge in Cornwall, UK.  You can see the layers of steel which have been brought out through acid etching.  Beautiful little kamisori and one of a kind.

Sold:  Suminagashi Shiro II Steel Hand Made Shave-Ready Kamisori.  Can be used left and right handed.  Made by myself at my forge in Cornwall, UK.  You can see the layers of steel which have been brought out through acid etching.  Natural rattan over red felt handle applied.  One of a kind. 

Some Further Examples:

The following are examples of kamisori which I have hand-forged at my forge in Cornwall.  These are made from Suminigashi or 1095 Damascus which has been acid-etched in order to bring out the patern created by the multiple layers and types of steel used. They shave beautifully.