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A friend of mine is fond of saying "Before you start thinking outside the box, you should look at what is inside the box and why".

Since the tapers are in different orientations I see no requirement for the angle to match or how the skewed angle at the wedge could help with the fit up at the pivot.
Are you talking about tang...

You forgot to add IMO.:)

My only experience with a spacer in place of a wedge was with Hart scales which are one piece but functionally like a spacer. The only ill effect that I noticed was that the razor contacted the...

I noticed this elegant action shortly after starting to use a straight. The scales are utilized as spring as well as protection for the blade.

I copied this tapered tang feature on the first three...

Gugi described the elegant action of the hinge/scale interaction very well in another thread as such.

Gugi's post;


There's one more nuance to this. Without taper you have a permanent stress...