Iwasaki Razor Hagane Across Section

I visited Sanjo Seisakujo(Iwasaki razor factory) at Sanjo, Nigata about a month ago.
I talked with Mr. Shigeyoshi Iwasaki and Mr. Mizuochi several hours.
They taught me a lot of things at that time.
I am really grateful.
They also gave me two of across sections on the Iwasaki razors.

I just took some pictures for Iwasaki razor across sections.

All Iwasaki razors were about one inch longer than what we have.

It was cut across after forged process, because the tip side might be affected by heat more than middle of the blade.
It might be little too hard or little too soft, so it is made 1 inch longer and cut across every single Iwasaki razors after forged process.

There is two pieces of across section clots, and the across section one has thin skin like different color on the flat side.
Iit is Hagane, harder steel, Sweden steel.
It is super thin like 1/32" and it is welded on curve surface, so it is very hard skill to do.
If the welding surface is weaved little bit, when it is sharpened, the thin layer of Hagane will be gone, and then there is only Jigane is there, and it is not cutlery anymore after that.

That is why it is very hard skill to make Japanese razor, and in Japan, there are not too many guys who makes high quality Japanese style razor now.