Thread: Wedge razor club

Opla!

M George & Son
Sheffield




This is a wedge razor, bone handle, 13/16" but I don't know it. Can anyone help me?

John Pitts Сelebrated, Sheffield, made 1830-1840, wedge pressed horn handle.

Here's my tickets to wedge razor club. Few of my older wedges:
!st: Parker from about 1820
2nd: Imperial, V(crown)R, cast steel. About 1837-40
3rd: Army Razor. Thomas Ward & CO, Sheffield. I have no idea about the age.

Nice Parker ya got there

Joseph Rodgers and Son, No 6, maltese cross over a 5 pointed asterisc, cutlers to their majesties, Norfolk? street Sheffield.
Anyone have an idea as to how old this razor is? Picked it up of ebay australia for a few dollars the other week. Have started sharpening it, not quite there yet, any tricks to sharpening wedges ?

cheers all

Heelerau

I'm no honemeister, but here's my 2c: Wedges can take longer to hone because more steel needs to be removed. From the picture it looks like your razor would take a little time on the stones. Not a trick really, but a layer or two of tape on the spine while honing might reduce this problem and could cut down your hone time a fair bit. Remember that if you do use tape on the spine, you also need to use the same number of layers while touching up the edge later.
Best of luck, and let us know how it shaves

I've got an old Sheffield wedge I've honed away at for a long time. There's good info on this site (look in the Wiki or search it for "Rolling X" if you've got any smile to the blade).

There's also good wedge info at a Belgian site: Honing "Wedge"-style straight razors - home of the famous Belgian Coticule Whetstone. It's got especially good info about taping.

Once you've set your bevel, it sounds like taping is almost inevitable for a wedge. Which, I suppose, is another way of saying that taping will get you to a shaveable edge quicker.

Be patient and do a little research before you get too far. I've probably damaged my wedge because I honed away too much spine before I started actually studying the specific problem. It definitely takes more honing than a hollow.

Best wishes for a good edge!

Last night shaved with that wedge pictured in the post a couple above, have been honing it off and on for awhile. I did not tape the spine, gave it a few strokes on my Arkansas stone, then on a very fine stone I picked up from an antique machinery place, with some kero and oil mix. I shaves very will, feels quite different from all my full hollows, but like scraping you chops with a section of dozer cutting edge !! Am very pleased with this $20 ebay find !!

Cheers

Heelerau
ps did not tape the spine !!

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