Thread: The different razor grinds

Originally Posted by Ulrik

There are some existing charts of the different grinds, but those are only drawings and do not necessarely correspond to the reality.
Of course this is only the graduation like I see it, others may have another opinion

best regards,
Ulrik

I tend to think of the grind in simple terms. I look at the thickness of the blade at the midpoint of the grind. A full wedge is self explanatory. If the thickness is 75% of a full wedge, I call that a 1/4 hollow. If it is 50%, a half hollow, etc. If it's about as thin as possible it's a full hollow, and if a belly is left it's bellied.

I arrived at this out of a desire for a simple mathematical description of the grind, as comparing real razors to hand drawn charts was not very definitive to me.

I've recently come to the conclusion that what I call 1/4 hollow is probably thinner than what most would call 1/4 hollow. Oh well, I rarely deal with those heavy grinds anyway.