Yukio Kamijo Handmade 3108 Barber

[JamieM]

Yukio Kamijo Handmade 3108 Barber, Just saw this razor sell for £1789, it was used and there were marks and signs of use on both sides of the razor, I was prepared to bid up to £300 , but then the bidding took off, there were a few big boys stepping up and splashing the cash, the days of high-end Japanese razors selling for reasonable money is well and truly over, you can forget Iwasaki and Yukio Kamijo they are on another plane.

 

[BlacknTan]

I agree with you 100% Jamie! The average man is being completely priced out of the high quality Japanese razor market. I was recently quite surprised at the prices that are being asked. I see razors that I bought for $100 US going for 4 times that!
While I love the Japanese razors, as I know you do, they are just becoming too dear...sadly..

 

[wintoid]

Yikes, that's nuts.

 

[Twelvefret]

There is probably one laying in an antique store for 50 cents.....

 

[JamieM]

There is probably one laying in an antique store for 50 cents.....

Let me know when you find it, I'll give you $10 dollars for it.

 

[Twelvefret]

Let me know when you find it, I'll give you $10 dollars for it.

I'll gift it, @JamieM

 

[Steve56]

I saw that too. The Kamijo is probably not as bad as a Hitachi for $1,400 US in terms of value.

Who’s paying this much for these? This is a collector’s price, and a very high one at that.

 

[R181]

There is probably one laying in an antique store for 50 cents.....

Not out of the realm of possibilities. I once bought a Gillette bottom dial fat boy at an antique store for $15.00 CAD after a bit of a haggle. That is not likely to happen again though.

Bob

 

[BlacknTan]

The straight razor market is completely off the rails!!

And I believe hones are headed in the same direction....

I'm not a collector, per se... I'm a user.

 

[Steve56]

Natural hones are headed that way. David Welch and I were laughing that if we were just starting put, we couldn't afford our hone collections.

 

[JamieM]

Just watched this Yukio Kamijo sell for £1,012.

 

[BlacknTan]

Crazy!

I know that resellers are buying up straights from Japan relatively inexpensively, and turning them around with huge markups. Everyone deserves to make a living. but......