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02-13-2009, 01:54 AM #11Junior Member
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Oh man, that is tempting! Thanks very much for the heads up!
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02-13-2009, 03:34 AM #12< Banned User >
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I really doubt you'd be disappointed with that razor! Originally Posted by Wakizashi
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02-13-2009, 05:11 PM #13Thread Killer
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I wonder if anyone at DOVO or TI have noticed the price premium, good condition wedges garner on ebay. Perhaps they see them as hard to hone anachronisms that no one would buy. I think they are missing out on a "golden" opportunity here.
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02-13-2009, 07:14 PM #14Know thyself
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Maybe one of the custom makers could chime in on this one, but I have a totally unfounded theory. Could it be possible that full hollows are harder to grind but wedges are harder to make? If the blade is not going to be hollowed, the initial "cutout" or "razor shaped object" would have to be quite uniform in both shape and hardness (as opposed to a full hollow, where you can trim off all the fat, so to speak).
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02-13-2009, 07:28 PM #15Senior Member
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I think I remember in some vid from Dovo or the like that the blades are forged with the hollow, in rough shape. If this is true, and it makes scene from the grinding perspective, the hollow blades would require less steel per blade. Grinding from a full wedge to a hollow is not good machining or manufacturing practice.
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02-14-2009, 08:17 PM #16
Why doesn't Ford remake the model T exactly as it was with the ancient technology? Outside of a few car buffs how many do you think they would sell. The same with a wedge. It was old tech replaced by newer tech being hollow grinds. They would probably sell a few to nuts like some of us but in general I don't think it would be cost effective for them.
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02-14-2009, 08:27 PM #17Senior Member
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hold out hope that you will be able to order a blade ground mostly the way you want it right from SRD
i have ground wedge "ISH" razor one time its not a truly wedge but the cut out on it is really small
maybe the owner with post a pic or 2 of it with its newr handle
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