Very nice. Goes together perfectly.
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Very nice. Goes together perfectly.
Beautiful work Brad, love the wedge.
Grant
Watched all your videos, is the steel wedge done the same way as the bone?
Lol, not quite.. It is incredibly difficult to sand down stainless steel... I actually held the wedge by its sides with a pair of vice grips, and ground the tapered shape on my 2x72 grinder on a flat platen with an 80 grit belt. After the taper was there, I polished the inside edge (side facing the razor.. and then I pinned the razor, with the excess steel hanging out of the ends of the razor. I then ground off all the excess using my 2x72 again... all the way through 1200 grit belts... :)
Ver nice, Brad, as usual.
One question though. Isn't the steel wedge too heavy? I mean when you open the razor, does it has a good balance?
I cut down on some weight by drilling a larger hole in wedge than necessary. But, to be honest that probably wasn't required.....it doesnt feel to heavy at all. If you think about it.. Lead is about 30% heavier than steel, and that is what is used in most vintage W&B razors... I make my scales very thin, about as thin as vintage ones. It really feels just like a vintage W&B in the hand...
Very nice work, that wedge looks very classy! ready for another century!
Undream I must say you and your work are incredible. I can safely say I will be a customer of yours one day (hopefully soon!).
Real nice work. Scales work real nice and the stainless wedge give a nice but strong touch.
K