- J-Charles a écrit:
- Une petite affaire conclue avec Lanzhu, une petite folie de mon coté, il a accepté de me céder un de ses 2 strops Kanayama.
Depuis le temps que je souhaitais essayer ce bout'd'cuir c'est fait 
Toujours agréable de discuter avec le bonhomme, plein de conseils, une transaction parfaite, le colis très bien emballé, bref, un bon vendeur !
Tu as sans aucun doute bien fait JC car la boutique Estearn Smooth a arrêté d'en vendre pour les raisons ci-dessous...
We Have Stopped Selling Kanayama Strops Posted on 28. Jan, 2012 by Jim Rion
As of today, we have decided to stop selling Kanayama strops entirely.
This was not totally unexpected, but it was much sooner than I had
hoped. Since we began offering these strops to customers around the
world, we have developed a very close connection with the Naomi family.
It honestly has surpassed any purely business relationship and
approached something like family. We sent each other gifts and
pictures, we exchanged postcards on trips and we even helped each other
cover medical expenses. So it truly, truly saddens me that we have to
do this. But we do.
The explanation, to put it simply, is that we can no longer
guarantee the level of quality that Kanayama has always been known for.
I don't think anyone would deny that Kanayama strops have been among
the best ever made, and that feeling of amazement when you first open a
Kanayama box is one I myself share with every customer. So when a
customer misses out on that because of a manufacturing defect, when
there is any disappointment at all, I feel it myself. And recently, I
must admit, that has been happening with disturbing frequency. In the
last shipment I received, two out of three strops were unshippable due
to clearly visible defects. This is not an isolated incident, and
despite repeated conversations with Kanayama about the problems they
have grown worse, rather than better.
In a way, it was inevitable. Not only is the maker now in his
eighties, but the last several months have been a very stressful time
for the family, the kind that would take a toll on anyone. Despite
everyone around him suggesting that he rest, take some time away from
his work and lessen his own stress, he continues to push himself every
day. It is not only bad for his strops, but for his health.
So, after careful consideration, my wife and I have decided that we
can't in good conscience offer these strops, with the constant
possibility of customer disappointment and the ever increasing need for
returns and remaking, and the added stress not only for ourselves, but
for the maker himself.
As for the availablity of strops in general, I can not speak for
other distributors. I do not know if Kanayama will continue to make
strops for others, although I suspect that he will keep on until he is
physically unable to. I hope that he can be successful as long as he
needs to be. I absolutely encourage you to purchase from any seller who
has them, they are wonderful strops and Kanayama is in need of all the
support you can offer.
And finally, I will continue to sell the razors from Kanayama until
they are gone, at which point I will be limiting my mercantile activity
to the occasional stone.
Thank you for yoru understanding, and your support of Kanayama up until now.
Sujet: Lanzhu88 
Mar 26 Oct 2010 - 17:33
(à recommander donc).
, amélioration rapide pour arriver à un rasage à contre-poil au 3ème rasage et un vrai BBS au 5ème rasage 
