'Mostly blood free by now. Either I'm out of blood, or learned a bit in that time. By various fits of egregious blade butchery, I can get a decent shave from blades I hone. 'Not up to the stds of a good honemeister, but dang fine shave.

Blade questions: Each of my 3 full size (5/8) blades are full hollow. It seems most experienced guys gravitate to those. Several report that the less than full hollow were good for their learning curve, but once through the curve, they seem to just stay with the hollows.
a) Why the full hollow?
b) Are the less than full hollow better on heavy beards?
c) Are they better for multi-day beard growth?
d) What are the characteristics of wedge, 1/4 hollow, 1/2, 3/4?

Stone questions:
I use a norton 1k/4k, DMT D8ee (8k), and a chinese 12k.

a) To further refine my edge, am I better off pasting some strops?
b) Better to try another finishing stone? Which ones & what characteristics are those known for?

Many Thanks to each that bear with the Noob's learning curve. Your help is very much appreciated.