Thread: What are you working on?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Man, you guys get those little modern-grind wedges going...Might throw rocks at the rest!

Haaa!!!
Mints is done. Flawless test shave, stroped, boxed, and going home tomorrow.
He should have it in time for Sundays SOTD. [emoji41]

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Man, you guys get those little modern-grind wedges going...Might throw rocks at the rest!

Gonna need a little time yet on mine. The scales have gone to Canada to get a tattoo

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

Gonna need a little time yet on mine. The scales have gone to Canada to get a tattoo

I started-out with a 7-day set of them.
Lessee...DD satin wedge, DD Special wedge, Morris wedge, Red Imp wedge, Brummel wedge, Cmon wedge, Checker wedge.
All clothed in identical bone scales cannibalized from a fairly common German razor at the time, A 'Venus' bought for the scales.

Honed them on barber's hones. Finished on balsa/diamond paste.

Kept those puppies humming along for over 2 years with a suspended, plain and unpasted 3/16 balsa strop.
No fabric. No touch-ups.
Them was the days......Simple. Cheap. Awesome shaves!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I started-out with a 7-day set of them.
Lessee...DD satin wedge, DD Special wedge, Morris wedge, Red Imp wedge, Brummel wedge, Cmon wedge, Checker wedge.
All clothed in identical bone scales cannibalized from a fairly common German razor, A 'Venus' bought for the scales.

Honed them on barber's hones. Finished on balsa/diamond paste.

Kept those puppies humming along for over 2 years with a suspended, plain and unpasted 3/16 balsa strop.
No fabric. No touch-ups.
Them was the days......Simple. Cheap. Awesome shaves!

Oh that's cool for sure - seven day set of little wedges, variety pack style!

Sounds kinda outbackish..to me. [emoji38]

I do not have many modern wedges. A satin wedge and a Henckels 11V and 72V, I think that's it. Nice shaves for sure, but different from a Sheffield, perhaps due to weight.

Originally Posted by outback

Sounds kinda outbackish..to me. [emoji38]

I had bought some fancy razors. It was early-on in my experience. Did not want to screw anything up. It was before I joined the forum. Rolling-x was not in my pay-grade.
I knew I could get these straight-honed things going with what i had.
Went with it. Solid, sturdy, modern steel. Never did any of them let me down.
Sold the set a long, long time ago.
Still have a few of those modern-grind wedges.
Fun to pull them out from time to time!
Still shave great!

The only other one (besides this Hess I'm working on) is the Engels Wedge that you (sharptonn) helped with by sending a replacement for the broken back scale. I love that little razor, the grind and size makes a nice easy shave. So, as Mike B52 is helping me with the Hess, these two razor together are really special to me because you guys had a part in getting them working again.

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

The only other one (besides this Hess I'm working on) is the Engels Wedge that you (sharptonn) helped with by sending a replacement for the broken back scale. I love that little razor, the grind and size makes a nice easy shave. So, as Mike B52 is helping me with the Hess, these two razor together are really special to me because you guys had a part in getting them working again.

Well, tomorrow is too late, but I think NEXT Wednesday should be 'Modern grind wedge' Wednesday.

The old workhorses need to prance! Esp all the Spikes!

Drag 'em out. Straight, stiff, and basic. They shave!

Ok so my w&b project is back on track. So finally using the scales I made awhile back, issue #1 wedge is too thin at the front:/ looked fine during test fit but during pin up not so much..
#2 to me is seems my blade is sticking out the top of my scales too much. Remaking my wedge will correct both issues.
#3 im too tired to take it apart and make a new wedge tonight, or for the time being I might leave it as is and revisit this another day altogether.
Other than what I've listed what do you guys see? Anything I missed? Please criticize and critique so I can fix myself. Thanks for looking, yes I know the wedge is not shaped to the scales before wisenhimer Tom says anything