Thread: Vintage wedge vs modern hollow ground?

Originally Posted by NigelW

You are right that the vintage razor I described is not a "true" wedge because it is hollow ground on both sides but the depth of the hollow is much less than that on the Theirs Issard. I would hesitate to claim however that the cutlers of Sheffield did not know any better. If this razor had been ground with a very deep hollow it is unlikely to have survived as long as it has.

No doubt the Sheffield cutlers used the best method of grinding that they knew of when making near wedges. I don't think the ability to grind very hollow was available to them then. It was the introduction, by the Germans, of the "Hexe" grinding machine that finally allowed for razors to be very hollow ground.

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Bob