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    Default Pair of wedges.

    Just finished pair of razors for a client. 6/8, wedge grind, glazed finish with ivory acrylic scales, nickel silver pins and washers.

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    Look good.!
    Any before pics.!?
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    Quote Originally Posted by outback View Post
    Look good.!
    Any before pics.!?
    Have been pretty busy the last few weeks so I haven't been taking as many pictures as I make them. I've got a pair of razors just out of heat treat based on the early Marsden Magnum Bonums, and a single FBU clone. I'll try get some pics as I go through the grinding with those.
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    Curious question. A wedge is a perfect 'V' from edge to spine. A near wedge has a tiny concave. Your razors look to have a more pronounced concave so how are they a wedge grind?
    If I am wrong in my interpretation of a wedge I apologize.

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    IMHO, a single concave grind is referred to as a 1/4 hollow.
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    However, the popular usage of "wedge" usually refers to a razor with a single concave grind that has not been "hollowed" very much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bouschie View Post
    Curious question. A wedge is a perfect 'V' from edge to spine. A near wedge has a tiny concave. Your razors look to have a more pronounced concave so how are they a wedge grind?
    If I am wrong in my interpretation of a wedge I apologize.
    These razors were ground on a 10 inch wheel so very shallow grind. Wedge razors, now and in the past, were ground on very large diameter wheels, just enough concave for the center of the blade not to touch the stone. AFAIK there have never been any truly flat ground wedge razors, well, none were ever made that way from the factory or craftsman.

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    Thank you. If you had shown this photo at the beginning I would not have questioned it. In your original photo grind looks deeper.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bouschie View Post
    Thank you. If you had shown this photo at the beginning I would not have questioned it. In your original photo grind looks deeper.
    Probably just the reflection, when you have a glossier finish it makes the faces of the razor look more concave than they are.

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    Some pics of an FBU clone I have in the works. Glaze finish achieved with use of a plain cork belt loaded with emery cake. Running at high speed. Need to grind out the notch larger and so some more finish grinding but almost there. Will be going into some ivory colored acrylic scales with brass bullseye washers and brass pins. Lead wedge.

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    Magnum Bonum clones.

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