Thread: Definitions..Wedge, 1/4, 1/2 full hollow

Randy,

a full hollow is commonly called a 1/1 hollow grind. How does this fit into your scheme?

Redwoood

I think one of the problems with trying to fit all razors into one definition of the various grinds is that though a particular type of grind has a textbook profile in reality each master grinder (or whatever thay were called) had his own idea of what constituted the best grind for a particular type and imparted that person's own ideas in each razor he produced. I'll bet if you at random took 20 razors of each type and looked at them under high magnification you'll see plenty of variation in each razor that departs from the textbook profile for each type.

Also as an aside here I have two framback razors and if you look at the profile of the entire razor once the blade extends past the frame both have no real contour to them. They are like a razor blade, just straight metal kind of like a feather I guess. So what kind of grind is that? I haven't a clue.

The framebacks have what is called a "Flat Grind" i.e. no concave. On a couple of mine that I looked at last night they were ground into a triangular shape (flat wedge). I suspect that some were also of a uniform, very thin, thickness.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Also as an aside here I have two framback razors and if you look at the profile of the entire razor once the blade extends past the frame both have no real contour to them. They are like a razor blade, just straight metal kind of like a feather I guess. So what kind of grind is that? I haven't a clue.

Originally Posted by randydance062449

The framebacks have what is called a "Flat Grind" i.e. no concave. On a couple of mine that I looked at last night they were ground into a triangular shape (flat wedge). I suspect that some were also of a uniform, very thin, thickness.

I've got a W&B unitary frameback that has the blade portion ground as a thin wedge - the cross section looks kind of like the logo for the Tennessee Titans (aka the Flaming Thumbtacks). I've also got an old composition frameback that uses a thin flat blade mounted into a separate spine piece, almost like an oversized injector blade with a c-section spine swaged onto it.

I know Josh hasn't been keepin' up with this thread...

He'd be jumping on this like a Federation Wrestler...

Originally Posted by urleebird

I know Josh hasn't been keepin' up with this thread...

He'd be jumping on this like a Federation Wrestler...

LOL my wife is off limits....well not her...but access to my razors is!!!!

She just got a HUGE raise and a new job offered yesterday, so she has gotten off my back about my razors...besides..while she isnt afraid of my razors and doesnt understand the obsession...I have made the gun obsession quite clear...I think my razors are safe.

Besides Bill, she actually REALLY likes the one you made she was looking at it for a while...it was the one I bought a few days afterwords she was mad about lol, just out of sheer principle