Thread: Some thoughts on how wedges were honed in the day...

First lets define a wedge, as any heavy bladed 1/4 hollow or less old razor....

I have been doing my fair share of these as of late and have noticed some things, and wanted to see if anyone else has come to the same or other conclusions...

Almost, every one has to have a huge re-bevel set to what we (SRP) consider shave ready... The original bevels are much much smaller and steeper... This has led me to some therories...
I think when the original bevel were done, the cutler used a cheater strip of metal, something like a faux frameback to set the steep bevel and that the edges were then sharpened on a pasted loom style strop set slightly looser then what we consider optimal.... This would explain the small, steep, rounded, bevel that I am finding on these razors.... what do you guys think?????