Thread: Wedges.

Here's one I have. Pretty much like the OP's.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Here's one I have. Pretty much like the OP's.

This sort of goes against your post about hot pressing them.

Hot pressing them and then if they deformed enough to use the hole in the wedge the outside would maybe have to be reshaped.

With that much work done to the scale I wouldn't want them to deform in pinning.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Here's one I have. Pretty much like the OP's.

That one is screaming out for a restoration...

I'm thinking like Pete now, it is something to do with the manufacturing process...

Originally Posted by 32t

This sort of goes against your post about hot pressing them.

Hot pressing them and then if they deformed enough to use the hole in the wedge the outside would maybe have to be reshaped.

With that much work done to the scale I wouldn't want them to deform in pinning.

No, I didn't say hot-pressing them. I suggested warm. Anyway, the benefit is friction. Keeping the wedge in place.
Anyone ever seen an oldie with another pin, hidden by a large collar? Same idea.

Originally Posted by JOB15

That one is screaming out for a restoration...

Yes. Lots of tiny screams were heard as I rummaged through the draw in search of it!

Originally Posted by esveka

A tin key? Unlikely....

Not unlikely. The answer is ,"no"

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Anyone ever seen an oldie with another pin, hidden by a large collar? Same idea.

I had thought that those extra tack's were a way to set a bent razor to close in the middle before pinning the wedge end and even maybe before drilling the wedge pin holes... Another mystery .

For the archive's.

A good archive!

Today i disassembled some old razors and came across these two mystery hole wedges.

Mass produced wedges designed to fit different pinning configurations?

Those holes look like they could accommodate 2 different single pin positions and one double pin.