So I wanted to try a big wedge as they are often raved about as shavers, however, the prices they go for once restored and looking pretty are a bit high to "try" something for me right now (my wife still thinks I'm crazy for using a straight, let alone having a collection of them). So after missing a few times on b/s/t sales and watching ebay for a while I found this
william Hargreaves. 7/8 wedge with broken bone scales. I decided I liked the light color of the scales but I didn't want to mess around with bone. I had had reasonable success with some wood scales for my shavette and I still had a couple pairs of the ash blanks left. I left them pretty natural looking, just a little brown dye added to bring out the chatoyance. Finished in ca, but left some low spots that I only could see after sanding to 1500. I kept the original shape and used the original wedge. The fit at the wedge is far from perfect, so rather than try to get the finish perfect I polished them up. In the meantime I had sanded the blade at 220, 500, 1000, and 1200 (what I had at the time) then polished with MAAS. Clean, but still shows a little of its age--looks good to me.
Today I pinned it up and honed it.
william Hargreaves. 7/8 wedge with broken bone scales. I decided I liked the light color of the scales but I didn't want to mess around with bone. I had had reasonable success with some wood scales for my shavette and I still had a couple pairs of the ash blanks left. I left them pretty natural looking, just a little brown dye added to bring out the chatoyance. Finished in ca, but left some low spots that I only could see after sanding to 1500. I kept the original shape and used the original wedge. The fit at the wedge is far from perfect, so rather than try to get the finish perfect I polished them up. In the meantime I had sanded the blade at 220, 500, 1000, and 1200 (what I had at the time) then polished with MAAS. Clean, but still shows a little of its age--looks good to me.
Today I pinned it up and honed it.
