Tapered blades.

[Voidmonster]

There's been a small discussion about a tapered Wade & Butcher over in The Butcher Shop. Pixelfixed asked if I could post pictures of my two tapered blades, and here they are.

Both are in-process of restore (and I am very annoyed to have opened the Elliot today to take the picture only to see that the pivot rusted since the last time I had it out for honing). Both were in pretty bad shape when I got them, but the Greaves lost an old etch in the process of getting cleaned up. My intent is to re-etch the 'An Excellent Razor' slogan onto the blade, but I'm quite a ways from doing that. I still need to test using a 12 volt AC->DC inverter to etch with saltwater. My initial tests were promising, but I need better resist technology.

In any event, these are some of my favorite blades. The Greaves takes a magnificent edge (gone at the moment due to sanding), but the Elliot has been a problem child on the hones for some time. It's currently almost usable (and that round of honing is how it got water in the pivot), but it's been a huge struggle that involved regular assertions that it is Simply Unhonable.