Thread: Never seen a full hollow, smiling blade...

Has it been done? can it be done? if not, why not?

Yes there are quite a few of them.. Some of the American companies have some serious smiling Hollows This one is a Sheffield VOOGD but the pics were just handy

Yes there are some but they are rare. I think that the one of the rarest combinations would be a round point, smiling, full hollow, 8/8+ razor. They do exist but are harder to find specially because smiling razors are associated with wedges and round points are associated with newbie razor sizes 4/4-6/8; almost as rare as a larger sized (8/8) French point.

I really think you need to define "Smiling" because it ranges from a sweet gentle smile to the extreme grins found on some razors..

Many #14's have a gentle smile to them and they were almost all 8/8 and all Hollows, and many round points, I am not really searching that hard to find them

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor.../65514-14.html

So is it more about smilers going out of style before full hollows existed than it is about them being hard to make?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I really think you need to define "Smiling" because it ranges from a sweet gentle smile to the extreme grins found on some razors..

Many #14's have a gentle smile to them and they were almost all 8/8 and all Hollows, and many round points, I am not really searching that hard to find them

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor.../65514-14.html

I'm mainly interested in the more exaggerated smiles, like old cheffies and even more extreme than that if possible.

Sorry but I am just not seeing what point you are after here

As I just finished honing a sweet new Dovo Blackstar with a nice gentle smile many of the new TI's have a nice smile to them also

Again you have to define "smile" perhaps you could look at the pic above and say whether that is a smiling razor to you, then look at the #14 thread and say if any of those qualify as a smile...

By smile he probably means a moderate to heavy smile like the Sheffield smiling blade here and not like the almost unnoticeable smile on the griffon.

I guess, I would normally call the VOOGD a smiling razor but I'm interested in full hollows with smiles more along these lines:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...ing-blade.html or even as heavy as you see on some of Charlie Lewis's work.

Ok, yes those were made with that much smile and way more in Hollow grinds, and some well into the 1900's by some of the American companies..

My opinion is that they were never really all that popular in any grind mostly because they are difficult for the average user to hone .. They shave very well in any grind if they are honed correctly.. There is a thread on here with tons of pics but dang if I can remember where, IIRC Phlidelph started it many years ago