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If you scroll back to the top of the thread you will see in the background of the image some sketches where I tossed around the idea of the notched wedge. In the end, I decided to expose the wedge....

Ok, so a smiling razor doesn't have a flat bevel. That makes sense....

No I haven't. I just maintain my razors and send them out for honing.

All I can think is, if you extend the length of a smiling blade around the same radius 360deg, the bevel becomes a cone, not a flat plane. If a razor smiles, and has a flat bevel, which it must, the...

The bevel (the plane from the edge to the spine) is correct on this even with the curved spine. Manufactured as drawn, the blade will sit flat on a hone because the face of the spine that touches...

Actually your post made me realise I had forgotten to put the spine filings in!!

How much of a smile? Laying a straight edge in the blade edge, how far away from the edge is the heel and toe?...

True. It's easy enough to move the light or add another but couldn't be bothered.

Next level of development of the idea. Just for kicks model it. I haven't bothered putting the jimps or hammered finish on there, nor have I bothered getting it perfect. There are a few square...

I'll consider a slight smile. All my razors (only 4) are all straight.
The current design is straight, no frown here.

Function is what I am really after input on, so thanks.

Dimples are just a quick and nasty was to show hammer finish. The hammer will fade as it gets to the shoulder as is shown, but it won't be round dimples.

I am not making this blade myself. I am...

After reading the comments in the other thread where someone posted a custom razor design I thought "wow, these guys don't hold back!". Since I have thick skin, I thought I may as well post a similar...