Thread: Different Wedge Materials.

I was just thinking of various Materials I could use for a wedge. Some of the more common ones I'm guessing are Brass, All the woods, stainless steel. I was brousing Ebay and thought of Bone specifically Deer Antler Bone. What are some of the more interesting Wedges you all have seen?

I have 2 Pipe razors both with lead wedges. I originally thought pewter but I think they're too soft.

The most popular was plastic, and in the early days lead. I haven't seen use of other materials yet. I make mine form Plexiglas and wood.

Remember, the wedge should be, uhm, well, wedge-shaped...

Nenad

I've seen some restos with turquoise and other stones used for spacers. A really nice look.

I've used several different kinds of stone, brass, steel, damascus, plexiglass, mammoth tooth. Most anything you can imagine will work, as long as you can shape it, but it needs to be strong enough to add some structural rigidity to the scale without breaking, and should serve to balance out the razor some. That's why I like brass. I'd have to disagree that brass is "common" (at least solid brass), but I like it mostly because I can filework and decorate it.

I was looking here at some bone material for reasonable prices too.. Not sure if its hollow though.

http://www.hideandfur.com/inventory/7855.html

A while ago I tried experimenting with some laminate style wedges; such as having acrylic between brass or wood between brass. I quite like the acrylic-brass laminate wedges myself, and some of the wood ones are nice. You can check out some of th ones I've put on razors in the following pix.

http://lordsofquake.net/~ToxIk/Razor...ew1_resize.jpg
http://lordsofquake.net/~ToxIk/Razor...iew_resize.jpg
http://lordsofquake.net/~ToxIk/Razor...dge_resize.jpg

I like using wood for spacer on wooden scale, mostly hardwood like maple so it contrast nicely with the darker wood.

When you make your wedges do you glue them to one side of the scale, to both sides or do you only pin them in place and they are free to move around??

Jacques

How about the head of a brass house key?

heres some info on bone.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/showt...highlight=bone