A pair of John Weiss wedges

I mostly use hollow-ground straights, but I've kept several wedges around for occasional use.

The John Weiss wedges shown here are among my favourite wedge blades.

John Weiss of Oxford St is a pretty well-known razor maker. They made a cool razor set called the London Bridge set, made from steel supposedly recovered from the wreck of the London Bridge (if you recall the rhyme - it's falling down, falling down). That would make the steel about 600 years old as a forged medium.

My set is not the London Bridge set, but is a nice old set in its own right.

The blades are beautifully made - with a faceted spine and a lovely shape, thumbnotch and jimps. The scales are black horn and also nice, with a lead wedge.

They're 5/8"+ wide and they've both taken excellent edges. They're beautiful to shave with.

I also love the double coffin they came in.

Two fine looking razors, what year dates are we talking about,?

Jamie

Well, he died in the early 1840's, so this is probably from 1830-40. Pretty old.

Nice blades, Yohann.

Very nice.

Sweet looking razors.

Very nice.

Nice Set! Very interesting heal shape... Give me some ideas

Very cool, thanks for sharing. I like the shoulderless design, very clean.

A fine pair, thanks for sharing.