Thread: How is a wedge supposed to feel?

2x6 1200 dimond hone runs about $35 or so. Iuse it only for whipping EBay blades back into line, so I don't need the big 3x8 (~$60).

Oh, I hadn't realized there was a smaller version. That is much more reasonable.

Yeah Mr. Seraphim has tempted me as well...

OK, another 100 passes on 1.5K sandpaper did the trick. The edge does indeed feel as sticky as any of my hollows. Tomorrow we'll see how it shaves.

Originally Posted by Johnny J

OK, another 100 passes on 1.5K sandpaper did the trick. The edge does indeed feel as sticky as any of my hollows. Tomorrow we'll see how it shaves.

Do I understand that you plan on shaving off of 1500 grit sand paper?

Wedges, how I love thee!

Seriously, I absolutely prefer heavy wedges over full hollows hands down. The shave is just as good, but there's a smoothness that doesn't always occur with full hollows. They are also very quiet, almost silent, while hollow ground blades tend to make a scraping sound as they cut the whiskers.

You'll find that more passes are necessary on all of the grits up through a progression, if you haven't already, but the end rresult is favorable in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Russel Baldridge

Wedges, how I love thee!

Let me count thy ways:

Thine edge is like the mourning dove
Cooing for lost whiskers that have fallen in the dew.
Thy heft whither mine heart yearns
Surely drives enemies before my face
In righteous judgment against stubble.

When I was fed up with hollows
You were there
When my wife was sent to the hospital because my chin stubble leftover from last night's shave stabbed her in the cheek
You were saying, "I told you so"
And when I thought all was lost
You told me to relax and you silently and effortlessly transformed the forest that was my face into fields of satin

Wedges: The razors that do all the work for you

Originally Posted by JMS

Do I understand that you plan on shaving off of 1500 grit sand paper?

***NO!*** I mean, if it won't shave hair, you ain't got a bevel yet. After 100x1K + 100x1.5K I had a nice grabby bevel that would cut standing hairs off my arm, so I proceeded with polishing: 50xC.S.hone + 50xGem + 30xSwaty + 50xChinese12K. I'm about to go shave with it now.

OK, I just shaved. The wedge indeed feels very forgiving. I like the way it plows through all obstacles. But the shave is not quite as smooth as what I can do with a hollow. Is this a characteristic of wedges, or am I not there yet with the edge?