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I see what you mean and they did shave but I am not sure I have the blade to face relationship found exactly. This is my first wedge shave so it was different. Definitely shaves and was comfortable...

Ok JOB15, test shave today us done. Both blades really did well. It's a different feel and the blades seemed to want to stick to my skin. Removed about 3 days growth no problem and honestly after 1...

This second wedge JOB15 mentions the 4 layers on I tried setting it "neked" and if I would have got there my clothes would be out of fashion and the entire blade face would be polished :D I guess...

The more I have been thinking about why I was using tape and removing a layer was this, I was theorizing in my mind that if I set the bevel with 3 layers, removed a layer and reset and removed a...

Ok so I took the other wedge I have been fighting and put 4 layers of tape on. Again nice bevel back toward the heel it was a bit thinner than the rest of the bevel, but I changed the tape as needed...

Thank you for the advice, on my hollow grounds I have been trying to just use 1 layer just to protect the spine from me. But from my reading these old wedges take more tape or just let it ride which...

[QUOTE=JOB15;1681248]Why not start and finish with 4 layers of tape ?
Strop with no tape, weightless, tiny slack..
I love honing W & B.[/QUOTE

Well I went with 3 initially because that is what...

I will remember that I have another W&B wedge to get too that I have had even longer. I guess honestly I don't know why I was removing a layer of tape in the first place. I feel like I have read...

Ok I bought a W&B wedge not long ago while at a gun show, say it peaking out from under a glass case and nabbed it. Blade and scales are both in good shape for a razor that is 100+ years old. Well...