Thread: Straight razor blade question

I have read that higher quality razors make the blades thinner. Thinnest is said to be an advantage.
Any thoughts on this?

No, there's much more to it than that. Some folks like very thin (i.e. full hollow ground) blades while others (myself included) much prefer heavier grinds. Some excellent blades are wedges, some are full-hollow, and some are somewhere in between. Some terrible blades are wedges, some are full-hollow, and some are somewhere in between.

I don't think that the thinner the blade the more quality it represents. I do think it is more technically challenging to produce an extra hollow ground blade and you would, considering equal quality controls, have more rejects in production than with other grinds.

Bob

Originally Posted by jerry1

I have read that higher quality razors make the blades thinner. Thinnest is said to be an advantage.
Any thoughts on this?

A thinner blade gives a more flexible shave. This helps when following the curve of ones shave.
But in the end it is what one likes. It is very personal.

They sound different too - I find full hollows much more noisy than thicker grinds - but I like both...

-john

yeh the feed back from a full holow is a bit off putting at first after learning on a heavier half hollow ground