Thread: Blade style

I need help finding a brand of straight razor that has a near wedge or full wedge blade style? Preferably a 7/8 size blade. I cannot find a razor thats not hollow ground, and cost efficient. But I am also very new to straight razor shaving. Thanks in advance!
- Chris

Well most of the vintage Sheffield’s were near wedges, the remainder were 1/4 hollow. The hollow razors as we know them today are more recent. I’m guessing that sometime around 1920 many of the razors produced were full hollow and there were still little bits of heavy ground razors produced. Straight razor production started a rapid decent around 1950. If you really want to find one you could post an ad in the classifieds. There are a number of guys that frequently sell in the classifieds, if you look through you will see some guys that sell there often, pm one or two of them.

Originally Posted by Criehle

I need help finding a brand of straight razor that has a near wedge or full wedge blade style? Preferably a 7/8 size blade. I cannot find a razor thats not hollow ground, and cost efficient. But I am also very new to straight razor shaving. Thanks in advance!
- Chris

Welcome to the forum. Might be n idea to mosey over to the beginners section and introduce yourself to the forum when you get a chance.

If by full wedge you mean true wedge with no concavity to the blade grind, you are mostly sol as they are extremely rare. They'd be a bear to hone as you could not do so like a traditional straight razor.

There are near wedges mostly in older Sheffield made razors and custom made ones. The older Sheffield ones in the size you want in good condition carry premium prices.

Unfortunately, I think overall you will not find a cost effective razor in the size and style you want without a lot of searching and patience. If you settles for a 5/8 near wedge the story changes with the older Sheffield made ones. Normally they are less costly than the same razor in a 7/8 size.

After all that, the question is why do you want such a razor being very new to straight razor shaving?

Bob

Great replys! And like Bob said, why? I would not recommend such a razor for a newbie. There is nothing wrong with a razor like what your wanting, but to learn on such a thing would not be the easiest way to learn.

Check out the Buy, Sell, Trade thread. I think i seen a couple that Leonard is selling that are close to what your wanting. But id recommend a more hollow blade to learn on. Also, a lot of near wedge razors might say hollow ground. But its because razors back then were almost all near wedge. When a manufacture ground one the tinyest bit hollow they called it a hollow ground. But in fact it was still a big heavy near wedge.

Good luck and let us know more about you by introducing yourself. Your welcome here and we will help you the best we can.

Welcome to the forum!
I would not recommend starting out with a 7/8 wedge, they are cool looking, but you have to be very careful with your pressure. Some shaving gymnastics are also involved for getting into tight places like under your nose and around your adam's apple. A quality 5/8 hollow would be better razor to begin with.

With that being said, it sounds like you are looking for an 1850s Sheffield.

The picture below is an 1850s Barlow and Sons Echo. I'm still restoring it, but is this what you are talking about?