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    Sorry if this seems obvious but with respects to certain things i'm a real newbie. I have my eye on a new Thiers Issard and fancy a try at something other than a full hollow. I've noticed the half hollow they do which is an obvious one but I see some that have X-Thick. Is that likely to be wedge, near wedge, or quarter hollow?
    Thanks in advance.

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    No one makes wedges or near wedges any more. I suspect even a custom maker wouldn't do one.

    Probably extra thick refers to it being a very heavy blade. It should say what the grind is. I would guess part hollow.
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    Do you have a link? IIRC the heaviest grind TI makes nowadays is 3/4 hollow (likely what they call 1/2 hollow), but I'm not sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan82 View Post
    Do you have a link? IIRC the heaviest grind TI makes nowadays is 3/4 hollow (likely what they call 1/2 hollow), but I'm not sure.
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    that's the link, first razor and third razor.

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    Funny way to describe the grind as extra thick. Why don't they just say what it is? I would guess half or quarter hollow.
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    It's tough to say, considering they apparently don't like to show cross section pictures. One pic somewhat showed the toe end of an "X thick" razor, and to me it appeared to be what we would consider half hollow.

    I suppose you could e-mail the vendor and ask, or better yet get them to send you a picture of the grind.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan82 View Post
    It's tough to say, considering they apparently don't like to show cross section pictures. One pic somewhat showed the toe end of an "X thick" razor, and to me it appeared to be what we would consider half hollow.

    I suppose you could e-mail the vendor and ask, or better yet get them to send you a picture of the grind.
    That may well be the way forward and ask the guy selling them. strange thing is he makes out he is the main importer of TI into the UK.

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    Unless there is someone you guys side of the pond that sells Hart steel into the UK?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ivocoj1 View Post
    Sorry if this seems obvious but with respects to certain things i'm a real newbie. I have my eye on a new Thiers Issard and fancy a try at something other than a full hollow. I've noticed the half hollow they do which is an obvious one but I see some that have X-Thick. Is that likely to be wedge, near wedge, or quarter hollow?
    Thanks in advance.
    I have one of these and it is a thicker grind than my 1/4 hollow TI Crown Wing, but nowhere near a wedge.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuzzychops View Post
    I have one of these and it is a thicker grind than my 1/4 hollow TI Crown Wing, but nowhere near a wedge.
    Great thanks for that info. So would it be a fair guess that it is somewhere near 1/4 hollow?

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