I hope you will forgive me if I repost here my post to another thread:
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I have been thinking about the hollow vs. wedge blades recently because my sympathies were shifting quite dramatically in the past three months.
One of my first razors was an extra hollow one and I had big problems shaving with it without cutting the heck out of myself. Then I got a 1/4 hollow Wostenholm wedge which felt like a miracle. It was much better for my bad angles and poor technique. But as I was getting better and my shaves were getting closer, I discovered the bliss of hollow ground razors. I cannot get as close shave from a wedge as from a hollow razor today; and I nick myself far worse with wedges. I guess I have to improve my technique more to get my "wedge skills" on par with my "hollow skills". Wedges do not forgive me any mistakes.
My 2c...