One of my closest shavers is a Crown and Sword that Glenn restored and honed for me; fantastic close shaver; the other is a Dovo Flowing that I bought off this site, used. The two razors both leave me a BBS face every time.
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One of my closest shavers is a Crown and Sword that Glenn restored and honed for me; fantastic close shaver; the other is a Dovo Flowing that I bought off this site, used. The two razors both leave me a BBS face every time.
Thanks for the post, it brings up a point which has been bothering me: browsing online I noticed that some things which are referred to as "bellied" have very pronounced bellies e.g.:
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On the other hand, I noticed on my Klaas that the blade thickens up in a much more subtle way just before the emergence of the bevel. Something I can't see in profile but I can feel with my fingers. It would appear that the picture you have posted exhibits that sort of "bellying": so am I to understand that this more subtle bellying is what defines "bellied hollow"?
I recently bought a Palmera 7/8 that is bellied like that. Nice shaver.
Yes I would agree about the smaller wedges being very nice. I've honed the odd one ;) but after about 30 years of straight shaving I've settled on the kamisori style as my preferred shaver. It works best on my face much like your Klaas works for you. I'd recommend you try one but remember YMMV :)
I have a couple of "magical" shavers... The steel, brand and grind seems to be irrelevent, as I have bought identical models of them that don't shave as well. The honing can't be the culprit, as I have honed all of them through the same progression....
One is a CW Dahlgren frameback, the other is a full hollow 4/8 Bengall.
I think we need to get a bellied hollow club going...there seems to be a dearth of information about this intriguing grind.
very little info indeed,would love to learn more.
George Korn registered a patent for a bellied grind in 1902. You can look up the # in the post below.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...tml#post812945
All things being equal in honing, I've found that I've got a few razors that seem to be that little bit sharper than others. Makers such as Filarmonica, Le Grelot, Hart, Mappin Bros, Puma to name a few stand out.
One of the great joys of straight shaving is finding a razor that unexpectedly fits in that group. A little while ago I bought a French straight from a Thiers maker called A Doupeux. I'd never heard of them. I honed it on my Le Dressante coticule and Wow. I was stunned at how well it shave and it's kept it's edge like few other razors have.