Thread: Wapi

Been wanting to try a wedge grind. All mine are hollow sheffields. Got an 11/16 wapienica on the way, are the steel scales really heavy enough to make shaving awkward? Will probably send it out for honing anyway. Had a couple of my hollows honed by hatzicho and while my edges are ok. I'm still learning and his are Definitely a step up.

I have one with the original scales and it is not the shaving that i find to be awkward it is the stropping. The Wapi blades are really quite light and the scales are far from light. They are way off balance. I am certain you could get used to it. They do take and hold a very nice edge.

I've rescaled all but one of mine. They were designed as medical blades with the heavy autoclave safe scales.
The metal of a good one is really great. Aeschylus, Schwert, Wapaneica, and many of the copies.
Enjoy it!
~Richard

Scales are heavy but for that never was a problem. Good shavers take an edge easily. Functional no frills razors as you would expect from Communist Era stuff.