the blade has "extra hollow ground" stamped on it.
haha i know this is kind of a weird-ass question but what does that mean? does that mean the blade isnt fully hollow, but its not just 1/2 hollow bc its extra hallow?
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the blade has "extra hollow ground" stamped on it.
haha i know this is kind of a weird-ass question but what does that mean? does that mean the blade isnt fully hollow, but its not just 1/2 hollow bc its extra hallow?
It supposedly means has been hollowed an extra amount - an extra hollow is usually very thinly ground
Extra-hollow (aka "singing razor") means even more of the blade is thin than on a full-hollow razor.
I'm a bit confused about the definition of full hollow, the only formal definition I've seen says they should have a "belly" (widening part way down the blade) but I have never seen anything like that on a razor. :thinking:
http://www.en.nassrasur.com/razorcentral/grind.html
According to this page, full hollow and extra-hollow are the same thing.
Consider the source.
Here I read the same (full=extra).
From this thread:
I disagree that extra hollow is the same as full hollow. "Extra" is by comparison to other razors, and as trends show, Sheffield has (or had) a different idea of what constitutes hollow than the rest of the razor making world. In fact, an "Extra Hollow Ground" W&B (the shoulderless one) arrive here today. I would call it a 3/4 hollow blade. By comparison, Sheffield "Hollow Ground" blades (which are often "Celebrated") tend to be quarter hollows.) So, in the scheme of things, extra hollows are indeed extra hollow, but are not full hollows.