[QUOTE=Scipio;586719]When I think of Sheffields, I think of wedges, some with a slight hollow, but generally quarter hollow, which is more wedge than not. There are exceptions and some are full hollows, but in my experience the majority of Sheffields are wedge type.
I own two Sheffields that are mine, in my rotation, one is a full hollow Bengal the other is a W&B Special full hollow... I don't like the way heavy blades feel...
Solingen blades however, are mostly hollow ground towards the full type. Again there are exceptions, but most in my experience are full hollows.
So as a very broad suggestion to your very broad question, you are in a way comparing wedges to hollows, which I believe is part of one of the reasons as to why an earlier response agreed that some Sheffields are harder to hone.
I am obviously +1'n here I think this is dead on...[/QUOTE]
Just between the two choices of steel and comparing apples to apples, of the full hollow grinds, in the size and type that I like personally, I would give the "Smooth" point to the Solingen razors... Barely !!!!! I find NO difference in the ease or difficulty of honing when comparing the same type of razor...