Thread: 1800 "Superior Temper" in Horn/Bone

My books are showing this monster 8/8 Full Wedge as ca.1800 England stamped "Superior Temper" I checked with a straight edge and this is the closest I have seen to a true wedge in 5 years...
This razor is also the heaviest Vintage razor I have ever weighed, at 2.5 oz for just the steel, she weighs 3.4 oz all up and yes it still balances to the tang DO NOT try and catch this if ya drop it, you could lose a body part

Ryan wanted Black Horn scales with a Bone wedge he actually did most of the steel clean up, I only finished up with the final polishing compounds. between the two of us we have a near perfect mirror now..
I got a little fancy with the wedge and had some fun doing some braided file work, a little tuff on real bone that wants to flake off unless you use a very light touch on the file

Pins are Brass along with the internal washers, the externals are Tri-Stacks...


The razor measures just over 7/8 at the heel and just over 8/8 at the widest, my plans are 1k-BBW-Coticule for honing and yes I am using tape
















In the Background is a 1977-1979 Avon Golden Rocket 022 Steam Engine still full of "Wild Country" After Shave, I found a couple of different ones antiquing with the wife Sat...


Thanks for looking