Thread: Vintage wedge vs modern hollow ground?

Interesting. The angle at the cutting edge should be similar in both razors, and both are made of high quality steel, so the only differences would seem to be the weight of the blade and the angle of rake beyond the honed and stropped edge. My initial hypothesis was that when shaving rough stubble the extra heft of the wedge helps it follow a steady course (in rather the same way as old Norris woodworking planes with extra thick blades perform better than modern ones) but an alternative thought is that for longer stubble the wedge forces the hairs to stand up more before the cutting edge slices them off.