Sellers, John & Sons "Unnamed 6/8 wedge in ivory" - Straight Razor Place Wiki
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the only wedge i have so far is a lather well im having refurbished
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Oh I have this one as well. Also without a handle.
I've tried to find a good match but until now I am quite clueless.
it came with original transparent blond horn, but despite the fact of what they Were, i hated how they looked, i removed them and sent em to someone else for soap. and am having some made and the tail fixed. ill probably have glen hone it.
ill add picshttp://www.jons-swords.com/images/st...ors/sr64ep.jpg
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to me theyre colored like a condom you see laying by the side of the road
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That's my 7/8 baby. Got some acrylic scales custom etched from Tim. Just need to get some pinning material and hone that Bad Boy.
when they came in the mail, i didnt know horn could be transparent, i thought they were just some faded celluloid. i alomst just snapped them off and threw them away. but luckily i had the since to google transparent horn.
i want to try a heftyer wedge, this one is narrow
Here are my entries:
#1 is a B.J. Eyre & Co (Late W. Greaves & Sons) 6/8 that is in rough shape, but is nice and thick, so should clean up with a little TLC...
#2 is a Joseph Allen & Sons Non XLL 5/8 (I know it says "Hollow Ground" but it's quite wedgy) that I actually kind of like the patina on, so I'll probably just hone 'er up and see how she does.
#3 is a Union Cutlery Co. Spike 11/16 that I haven't decided whether to see if I can get all the pitting out or if I should just leave it and go
#4 is a Wade & Butcher that is gonna be shipped to Max when I get the funds.
#5 is a Wostenholm IXL 5/8 (The blade etching is the "The Americans Give The Right Hand Of Fellowship To All Nations And Own An Universal Brotherhood") This one will be polish only, as I'd like to keep the etching if possible.
#6 is a Wostenholm IXL 7/8 that is my best shaver. love that big beast.
#7 is a very old Wostenholm IXL 4/8 (I've had several people guess early Washington Works era based on the shape of the blade and tang). this thing is a superb shaver.
those pics are really quite flattering, its gonna cost me about 60 bucks total to make it actually look like that.
but with different scales
still prettier than reality:
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tail ground up and black, nicks in blade, good ones. pin hole pitted out, superficial scuffs and scrapes
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It's a damn near wedge. I also have the same model in 4/8s. It's got a nice feel to it, I like it.
Here's one, a Joseph Rodgers & Sons in the original horn scales (but new pivot).
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As much as I like the old Sheffields with patina left on -
This is really beautiful!
Some very nice razors here! I just got my first wedge, and I'm happy to join the club.
This one isn't a big meat cleaver, but it's as wedgey as it gets--my "Best Tungsten Steel" Towa, roughly 5/8--I figure it's a "One" on the grind scale...
Very nice JimR! Did you have a thread where you were concerned with hone wear on a wedge? If so, that isn't bad at all. Some wedges show much more hone wear than that. If this is your first wedge I bet the shave felt a lot different than your hollow grinds do. Every time I switch to a wedge after using the hollow grinds for weeks I have to be real careful. I am so used to the sounds and feel of the hollow grinds the wedges don't feel sharp until they draw blood! I do enjoy a shave with a wedge once I readjust!
yer that's not too bad at all. On my 4/8s wedge which has a french point, you can see the hone wear all the way around the toe.
Here is a pic of my current wedges. they are 2 bowdins wedges 1 Red Imp NOS 1 Joseph Rogers 7/8 ( currently being polished.)
1 Atkinson 6/8 & 1Union Cutlery spike.
As you can see the RAD is doing well. Paul
Chris Meyer that rodgers is beautiful man, really something.
I'd fancy the last one on the left. :)
At the moment, I have 12 blades that are my "keepers." Of those, 8 fall in the range of quarter hollow to wedge grinds. Here they are from largest to smallest. George Savage & Sons; W&B For Barber's Use; George Wostenholm; W Greaves; Joseph Elliot's Silver Steel; W Greaves; Sheaf Works Cast Steel; Red Imp 132.
Please excuse the blurry photos; my apartment is in a total state of disarray (I'm setting up an "office" where my roommate used to live).
Green doesn't suit me, LOL
They are wonderful! Especially the sixth!:)
Thanks for the kind words. I'd initially missed one like the 6th on ebay (my internet died...) and I was so bummed I started a thread and posted in my signature that I wanted one. A member here (Mejnoon) bought one on a different site, saw that I wanted one, and sold it to me. Huge thanks to Mejnoon for that one!!!
Oh I remember!
That man must be a saint!
Wedges are proper shavers. I've only got 2 (straight) razors, but I really, really, really like the feel of a wedge. I can totally see why other do too.
Below I've included my daily shaver: C. V. Heljestrand "No 23" 9/16
The blade is slightly touched by the teeth of time, but there is no active rust or pitting. The edge is flawless. I also own a (new) Dovo Black Star (5/8" full hollow), but it hardly gets used since I bought this one. The Dovo has one thing going, the heavier wooden scales give a much better balance. But I don't want to change its original bakelite scales so I must purchage another wedge!
Last weekend I've bought this razor, actually only for the handle, since the blade was quite chipped.
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Now I've given it a quick fix.
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The scales must be pressed horn. Love the design.
Blade lost something. Honed it without tape to get an ankle of 18.6 at last.
Actually I don't believe that this is a Solingen. Looks and feels more like a real Sheffield to me. Hard steel.
Nice one, 0livia! Wolfertz Brothers are in our SRDB (basic info only).
In the middle of the pic there is a "Bell" Belfast wedgie that is pretty good sized. I'm looking for scales big enough for it, the ones I'm making may be a hair to small.
I have not found info on this blade yet as I don't have the books that list it. Any help there would be cool :D
Greetings all, first I'd like to say those are some beautiful blades posted on this thread. I'm new to this and just got this razor. Is this considered a wedge also?:thinking:(before and after cleaned up)
Nice!
Looks a little hollow to me but its hard to make out from this perspective.
You'll see it better when you look at the head / toe.
So can a Hollow also be a wedge?:thinking:
nope. It's a spectrum, going from Wedge to Hollow.
Wedge blades are just that, wedges, they have a \/ profile. The more metal ground out, the further towards a full hollow it becomes.
Here is a scale
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Large Bengall Wedge Hi Guys--I was at an antique store the other day and found this old(how old I'm not sure) Bengall wedge. It's pretty large and was in pretty good shape. I still need to polish it a bit more but I thought it was really nice. I've never even seen a Bengall wedge and honestly didn't know they made one especially this size. After the Bengall name it says something Steel but I can't tell what the type of steel it says it is. It hasn't been used much at all and the thing is as tight as when new. Thought you guys might enjoy seeing it and maybe give me an idea how old it might be.
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"Bengall Cast Steel" (maybe 1830-40's ?)
It sure could be that old. I've looked at a couple of reference books on shapes and that matches pretty close to the shapes of that period. I also got a BBW/Coticule natural Belgian hone that came with it or rather was part of the same estate. That would be wild if it was close to the same age:-)
Thanks!
KomJong that is a beauty!!!!!
Here's another Bengall near true wedge. This one has T.R. Cadman& Sons on the reverse. Thomas Cadman (1833-1917) was a descendant of Bengall-founder Luke Cadman (1727-1788). He took over the firm towards the last quarter of the 19th century.
Got this razor as part of a lot of three I bought because of a Heljestrand No.4. I was pleasantly surprised to find the other to be an ivory scaled Klas Törnblom Söderfors Specialstål and this Bengall wedge.
Scales are original faux-tortoise horn, but broken. The steel is in a fine condition with little hone wear and just a few light spots and watermarks on an otherwise clean, mirror finished blade. This is how I got it; haven't done anything other than wiping it with a cloth:
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So I was at an antique shop last august and found this for 10 bucks. It's a James Johnson silver steel razor. I did a bit of research on it. It's quite old. James Johnson was in business from 1818 to 1853, but silver steel was not used in Sheffield til after 1824. So the razor was made anywhere from 1824 to 1853. Anyway, here's the pictures.
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Salamander - Works, Foche - Solingen, Our Wedge
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Very nice! I've not seen that brand before:-)