Thread: Wedge razor club

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?(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?

Originally Posted by komjong

So can a Hollow also be a wedge?

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

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.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...g?t=1245617572

"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!