Thread: Love for wedges?

With all the enthusiam & none of the experience or wisdom, I started by choosing looks & to a lessor extent - equally uniformed assessment of 'friendly' or more 'safe'.

Having a pronounced bias towards function, I now buy Ergos & that usually has me noticing the heavier grinds, though usually not the full wedge. The heft is assuring that it won't easily be moved by face friction w/ a heavy beard - blowing the blade angle & likely some flesh. It also sits heavier in the hand, so the tactile/feel of how its positioned or oriented is less ambiguous. They're certainly more tolerant of blade angle & pressure, and do just fine w/ proper no-pressure technique.

Now the next guy will feel different - his 'fit' to the ergos, beard, hand-size, finger sensitivity will favor a different configuration - but finding the config your hands & face like gives alot of satisfaction.

The smaller amount of available heavy grinds usually means that many never get to try a satisfying heavy grind. That was why I was thrilled when Scott opened Portland Razor.

Whatever your taste favors in ergos will likely result in consistent satisfaction. Its one reason I urge members to get together w/ each other & try each other's gear so you don't have to go broke buying & selling to find what you like best.