Tamahagane Blade! Iwasaki Razor

I have got Iwasaki Razor Tamahagane Blade by Sanjo Seisakujo.
This is not for sale.
It is not easy to get Tamahagane and make Tamahagane blade razor.
Tamahagane is a very famous steel for made Japanese Sword as you might know.

Mr. Iizuka who makes Shigefusa knife had been an apprentice in Sanjo Seisakujo(Mr.Shigeyoshi Iwasaki) for 10 years, and then Mr.Iizuka wanted to be Japanese cooking kinfe blacksmith, so Mr. Shigeyoshi Iwasaki introduced Mr. Iizuka to Mr.Munenori Nagashima who makes Japanese sword and Kasumi knife.
Mr. Iizuka became an apprentice again to learn how to make knives to Mr. Nagashima before starting own business Shigefusa.

Sanjo Seisakujo was established by Mr. Shigeyoshi Iwasaki's father, Mr. Kousuke Iwasaki who is a very famous researcher for old Japanese sword and revival.
His life is everything related with Japanese sword.
He wanted revival Tamahagane which is used Japanese sword that is NO.1 steel in the world for blade.
He wanted to research old national treasure swords, and concealed documentations, so he went to Tokyo university which is NO.1 school in Japan, and got bachelor's degree with literature and maser degree.
Actually, he researched national class of treasure swords and concealed documentations, and then he went to the same school again NO.1 in Japan with engineering major in metallography.
He got bachelor’s science and master degree with metallography too.

He graduated two major bachelor and master for just wanted to be true his dream to make Japanese sword (Tamahagane blade).

Then he established Sanjo Seisakujo which makes world famous Iwasaki Razor.
He had kept on research steel for blade, and he has influenced a lot to Sanjo steel industry in Nigata, Japan, and has also influenced to steel industry in Japan a lot.



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