Thread: What a properly fitting lined wedge should look like

(Sometimes the pictures make it seem like there may be gaps or uneven spots, but when you hold it in hand, there are zero problems with this wedge- it might be the 10 megapixel camera that makes it look off)

A wedge should be a wedge, lined or not. It should be flush all the way around. It should be smooth. It should have function AND fashion. Etc.

Thanks for sharing Alex, what material is this wedge made of?

Also the pinning job looks fantastic as well.

great example Alex.

... And if I might take the opportunity to point something else out, this is also what a properly peened pin should look like, nice man.

Very nice!


Alex, are you shooting on automatic? If you set your camera's f-stop to 8.0 or higher (the higher the number, the smaller the opening), you will increase your depth of field and probably can get the entire razor in focus. Perhaps that would remedy the picture problem you mentioned.

I shoot my pictures in a homemade light box, using a tripod. I set my camera to manual and the f-stop to 8.0. With that setup I generally get the entire razor in focus. Not that it's a great image, but I'll post an example below. Of course, if you intended to highlight the wedge by having the rest of the razor blurry, that's a sound technique also. I'd just be curious to see how my settings would effect the image.

Alex, very nice looking wedge. I wish you would explain your process of how you get such a nice even bevel. I have tried with acrylics and just have poor luck. It does look like a micarta wedge but even then how do you do it?
Thanks,
Bill

Alex, I have to agree.
I finish shaping and polishing my wedges after pinning them. That way they are as close to a perfect fit to the scales as I can get.
Grant

Originally Posted by baldy

Alex, I have to agree.
I finish shaping and polishing my wedges after pinning them. That way they are as close to a perfect fit to the scales as I can get.
Grant

Yup, that's the secret to sucess!

The wedge is perfect, but that pinning's worth a mention too!

Originally Posted by ChrisMeyer

Very nice!


Alex, are you shooting on automatic? If you set your camera's f-stop to 8.0 or higher (the higher the number, the smaller the opening), you will increase your depth of field and probably can get the entire razor in focus. Perhaps that would remedy the picture problem you mentioned.

I shoot my pictures in a homemade light box, using a tripod. I set my camera to manual and the f-stop to 8.0. With that setup I generally get the entire razor in focus. Not that it's a great image, but I'll post an example below. Of course, if you intended to highlight the wedge by having the rest of the razor blurry, that's a sound technique also. I'd just be curious to see how my settings would effect the image.

Chris
Really nice image! Great advice for us" armature picture takers" Was wondering where there be a good source for bronze and silver wedge material?

Thanks!

Ronnie