Thread: Nun2sharp's Torrey

It does, but when you say back of the razor is that the side toward the pivot pin or where the toe of the blade is when the razor is closed?

Nice work! The taper on the wedge faces away from the blade. Thicker end goes nearest the blade, when it's in the closed position. There must be some examples in the gallery. If not, let me know & i'll take you a photo.

Edit: Here's one.

That is a perfect visual to explain it. Thank you!

Good pic Ben. Beat me to it. Bit slow between posts from downunder

It's a good vid but doesn't explain how to get the right taper angle. Too much taper & the wedge won't sit flush against the scale (as in my razor). Too little, and the razor won't close if the shank is thicker than the pivot area. Once you've pinned it together (or superglued it, as the vido suggests) it's hard to take it apart to adjust it.

It's best to make you're wedge the same size & shape as the original if you have one.
Hard to tell from your pic but I think you're spacer may be too thick & too long rather than too tapered. Even looking at big old wedge razors they have a very narrow spacer/wedge & the end of the wedge nearest the blade only extends just past the pin as per pic.
Also only superglue the wedge to one scale so you can sand it more if needed.
It is a tricky thing to get right but like everything just requires a bit of practice.

He didnt have the original wedge for a pattern. Johnny if you think the wedge is a problem, pop the pins and resand the wedge, tapering it toward the non pivot end of the scales.

Hey all, I haven't died It's summer, so all my time is taken up with motorcycling & longboarding, woo hoo! Anyway, dunno if anyone still cares about this thread. I re-did the spacer on the Torrey & started honing. It has the worst double-bevel I have ever seen. So I started again with 1 layer of tape. Honing. And honing. And honing. Thought I had it nailed, but the test shave revealed that there's still a dead spot near the toe. So, time to get more tape & 1K wet/dry. The parts of the blade that are actually sharp shave very nicely. This razor is turning out to be quite an education for me.

Iit's always worth the hard work when you get that supa slick shave.