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Sorry what do you mean?

Nope. That never happens with my hairs. Even on my sharpest hollow ground. The best I can get is if I hold the hair a quarter inch form the end, at a slight angle.

Sure will JoeD. The only blades I have that pass the HHT more than half the time with my hair are two from hi_bud_gl and 2 of the 3 I sent to Utopian

It's interesting you mention this because I have only been honing my full hollows... My 3 "wedges" that I save with were all sharpened by others, 2 of which pass the HHT (a rare occurence with my...

I agree. A lot has to do with technique. But I think (after I had learned to shave with both grinds) almost all of my bad nicks came from hollows. Like, at the point where I felt it hurt, the hollows...

So first off this isn't scientific, I was just shave testing a few different blades and thinking about them as I did so.

Depending on size, not-hollow grinds propel themselves- so you are already...