View Poll Results: What kind of grind do you prefer on a straight razor blade?

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  • Full Hollow

    16 28.57%

  • Half or Quarter Hollow

    28 50.00%

  • Wedge

    4 7.14%

  • Don't know / Don't care

    8 14.29%
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  1. 06-24-2008, 03:16 PM #1
    Pudu
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    Newbie w/ wiry whiskers & questionable skills, prefers 1/2 - 1/4 hollows. Looking for heavier wedge to share late evening shaves, pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain. Sorry, no full hollows thanks.
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  2. 06-24-2008, 03:57 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pudu View Post
    Newbie w/ wiry whiskers & questionable skills, prefers 1/2 - 1/4 hollows. Looking for heavier wedge to share late evening shaves, pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain. Sorry, no full hollows thanks.
    You bastard! I knew you were cheating on me. Sure at first you said "let's just take some time to ourselves". I was suspicious when I saw you browsing EBay many late nights and lo and behold, here you are posting for razors with bigger grinds than mine...

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  3. 06-24-2008, 04:27 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seraphim View Post
    You bastard! I knew you were cheating on me. Sure at first you said "let's just take some time to ourselves". I was suspicious when I saw you browsing EBay many late nights and lo and behold, here you are posting for razors with bigger grinds than mine...

    -Frida the Frio

    Frida!

    I'm sorry you had to find out this way. I thought your curves and your beautiful singing voice would be enough for me. But now I realize I need a razor with more substance, one who doesn't bend in the face of every obstacle on um ... my face. Besides you deserve someone better, someone who knows how to handle you and bring out your full (hollow) potential.

    It's over....for now.
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  4. 06-24-2008, 05:43 PM #4
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    I voted for quarter hollow. I have a quarter and singing razor and love them both, but i feel like i get a slightly closer shave out of the quarter.

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  5. 06-24-2008, 05:47 PM #5
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    I don't mind now, as long as their easy to hone
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    Quarter hollow is as light a grind as I go. There is the occasional full hollow that I enjoy but these are few and far between.
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  7. 06-25-2008, 07:08 AM #7
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    My favorite 'grind' is a frameback. It has the stiffness of a wedge, the weight and ease of honing of a full hollow, and good edge retention, due to the relative thickness compared to a full hollow.

    second choice would be a full hollow. I used to prefer heavier razors, but as time went by I felt myself prefering full hollows and 3/4 hollows.
    Til shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
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