Thread: Wedge Sharpening

If you knew the ordeal Utopian just went through honing mine, you'd definitely agree it's harder, longer and a royal PIA. (And by the way, he did a super job)!

Here, let's clarify just a bit on this OK...

A NOS or properly honed Vintage or New heavy blade Wedge, Near Wedge or 1/4 Hollow is not any harder to hone than any other razor and takes the same amount of time...

A 100 year old or older Wedge, Near Wedge or 1/4 hollow that has had 12 different bevels put on there over the years and has a uneven spine and uneven bevel from imoproper honing over the decades is a PITA to restore to proper geometry...
Once the bevel is reset to even, then it is just a razor, again a bit of simple semantics between what is Restoration and what is Honing

Now if you really want to take this to another level and talk about not correcting the old uneven bevels and just tweaking the very edge, that can be done another way.....Remember that the people who put those uneven bevels on that razor were shaving that razor, ever wondered how they did that????

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Never thought this post would unleash a firestorm. Thanks everyone.

'Not qualified as a honemeister, and cannot disagree w/ anything said thusfar. I would encourage you to try some wedges, as the shave is diff. than even a 1/4 hollow. Not all wedges are created equal. An old B.J. Eyre w/ a slight swayback did take me hours to bring to shaving quality. I also bought a more recent wacker wedge. The Eyre is silent, gives little feedback while shaving, but does the job comfortably & well. Many will tell you that wedges are like that. Not true. The Wacker is extremely vocal, gives lots of feedback, and also does the job extremely well. Old or new, they're worth trying. The smiling blades seem to have a bit more comfort than the straight line edges for me.

Wedges are the devil