Thread: W&B B--tard wedge

As bizarre as this near wedge honing experience was the out come was a very good shave this morning. It may not look purdy but it shaves and the satisfaction of putting it back in service is even better. I'll know what to expect if I ever get another heavy near wedge.

Bob

The closest I have to a 'true' wedge is a Nowill crosskeys which I don't think has been used.
It has no hone wear on the spine and it doesn't look like the bevel has been set.
I might send this one to Glen
I have some photos somewhere I'll try and get up on the forum soon.

That is the way you like to find them, with little or no hone wear. I would think that being the case it would not be too bad to hone up. Sure is a different shave from a full hollow.

Bob

it's actually a design on the blade...top n bottom..blade has near 0 honewear and near 0 pitting..great patina though

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

As wedgy as that looks, you can see the shiny parts on the spine and bevel. IOW, a true wedge has concavity. It has to or a person couldn't hone it properly. I've got a Wosty pipe and a W&B lather well etc that are wedges like that.

Call them true or whatever ..... there is enough concave that the spine and bevel lay on the hone but not the blade in between. If someone has one in which the belly of the blade.... between the edge and spine .... also hits the hone, either it was improperly honed in the past, or made incorrectly to begin with.

Just reviving this old thread as I have been playing for months now trying to improve the edge. It had a smile, took that out bread knifing it. Then fitted it quick and dirty with a fake spine so I did not have to grind more material off the blade when honing.



The rubber tubing was taped to the blade. Through all the jigging around the poor girl has 3 bevels in some spots as I tried to get enough thickness in the spine. What a learning experience it has been. If you see something like this.



Really think twice about how easy it will be to hone and consider a false spine might be the way to go. She might not look pretty but she shaves.

Bob