Thread: Blade angle on the acute side?

things are getting better... definitely... dropping the angle has helped in a few of the tougher areas, but its still a barbaric shave lol makes my DE with a feather look like a mach3 with a wire guard.... (O_O) LOL but yeah, hey heavy, if i DO decide to continue with ACTUAL straight razor shaving, you got a nice wedge for me? i would ask ivo, but i remember what he showed me before and they were pretty much all hollow, with the exception of a joseph rodgers that A: was worth more than i am willing to spend and B: wasnt up for sale anyways lol

Originally Posted by Warlockdlx69

hey heavy, if i DO decide to continue with ACTUAL straight razor shaving, you got a nice wedge for me?

I am planning on having a LOT of razors up for sale in the near future, some of which will be stiff grinds and wedges. Right now I am holding a big wedge with a smile and a barber's notch; unfortunately it is just a blade right now so I need to wait for my scale materials to come before I can hone and sell it. It is very cool looking though. I also just got what look to be a few very cool wedges on the way from ebay, so we will see what shows up in the next few days. I really would like to start a basic website too because I am planning on offering more shave ready razors and would like to make it easier on myself and my customers. Unfortunately I don't really know how to do this yet, so I need to do a lot of research before I can get it up and running.

David

websites take money... thats it you can get a place to host a pretty decent site for a small sum of money per month.... but if you are making a business out of it, it will only help you more.

but, in all honesty... with all the straight razor forums out there, who needs a site? all your doing is giving the members here another place to be redirected to lol we got plenty of people with RAD bad enough to keep anyone in business....

so how much you think that smiling wedge you got is going to go for?

One of the reasons that I would like to make a basic website is so that I could make shave ready razors available to people that are not yet members of this site, plus I think that it would be a fun thing to do. I have not really calculated the costs in terms of time or money though, so it might not make sense to do. We will see.

I expect the smiling wedge to be around the $55-75 dollar price range when it is done, but that could change depending on the amount of work that it takes to get the blade up and running and the type of scales that I choose to put on it. Bigger razors and thicker razors generally just sell for more because people think that is what they need

i think all i need in terms of width is 6/8... ive actually found that the 9/16 wapi you sent me wields itself a little easier than the 6/8 boker i got, but the boker strops a little easier... tough decision (O_O) lol how big is the one your talking about? and what make is it?

Originally Posted by Warlockdlx69

i think all i need in terms of width is 6/8... ive actually found that the 9/16 wapi you sent me wields itself a little easier than the 6/8 boker i got, but the boker strops a little easier... tough decision (O_O) lol how big is the one your talking about? and what make is it?

It is 11/16 at the heal then gets bigger to 13/16 at the toe; I guess that it is not really huge but big enough. The blade is heavy because it is an absolute full wedge though. The make is F.Fenney and the model is TALLY-HO from Sheffield England. I did a search and there is one member that has one (don't remember who) and posted about liking it a lot in the shave of the day section. I also have a big restoration W&B on the way that will most likely be more work and more money.

damn the W&B's.... DAMN them!!! lol seems like it would be my best bet too... i like the design, its a wedge, and they are usually pretty big...


edited to add: what is it with you and the word "ho" in your razors? remember the one you sent me with the wapi? the old HO-MADE

That 6/8 1/4 hollow that I sold to WireBeard was the first W&B that I tried, and it was an AWSOME shaver. It was one of the most smooth shavers that I have used. Definately lived up the reputation, so I decided to try to get some more. They also sell for more money than other razors when they are restored so that is another plus.

Originally Posted by heavydutysg135

One of the reasons that I would like to make a basic website is so that I could make shave ready razors available to people that are not yet members of this site, plus I think that it would be a fun thing to do. I have not really calculated the costs in terms of time or money though, so it might not make sense to do. We will see.

I expect the smiling wedge to be around the $55-75 dollar price range when it is done, but that could change depending on the amount of work that it takes to get the blade up and running and the type of scales that I choose to put on it. Bigger razors and thicker razors generally just sell for more because people think that is what they need

I am quite the pro when it comes to websites Heavy. We might be able to work out a deal in razors for time or something. If you are interested. here is one I am working on for a realtor company, logo and all are my design. Here is one I did as a sample for a fitness company. Here is one for a Doctor I am working, this is his current which I did not design!

And here is one I was working on for myself, but have kind of abandoned for now. So, there is a quick portfolio if you will. Let me know if you are interested!

damn you scalpers too!

well man, if you got a nicely priced W&B wedge one day, let me know... doesnt have to be a smiling blade or anything, but hell... why not