Thread: Wedge vs. Hollow Ground

What is your opinion ?
Do you think for a beginner using a straight razor, that there would be any benefits to using a wedge blade over a hollow ground blade. Or any other grind for that matter. Anything besides a shavette.

I LIKE THEM BOTH. When I go several days without shaving the wedge just plows through the beard. if it's just 1 or 2 days the hollow round does just fine. I do like the stiffer blades though. I think for me the extra hollow grind gives to much feed back. some folks like it I don't. I also like the blades 6/8 or larger for the same reason. each to his own.

A beginner would have difficulty knowing the difference.
Plenty of posts about this if you search.
Here's one: http://straightrazorpalace.com/gener...-vs-wedge.html

Once upon a time recall there being something about starting with the middle ground, so 5/8 or 6/8 width and full to half hollow, leaving out the extra hollow and 1/4 hollow and wedges.

No shaving den is complete without one of each variety.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

A beginner would have difficulty knowing the difference.
Plenty of posts about this if you search.
Here's one: http://straightrazorpalace.com/gener...-vs-wedge.html

Yea, I plugged in wedge vs hollow ground and it showed 508 related posts on a search.

Bob

Good question.
I would answer it this way, in the whole scheme of things it isn't all that important as long as you don't go to either extreme.

More importantly though I would suggest a round tip of any grind professionally honed shave ready.

It is interesting as FME, most (myself included) that I have known started with smaller hollow grounds. Then, the magical wedges take over. Nothing better! Then, some have-to-get-it-hollows arrive. Then it's hollow madness till one decides which hollows suit him. a wedge here, there. Soon it gets : wedges, half-halfs, on down to the thinner ones. They ALL get larger and more expensive. Then we go back to where we started and see what we enjoyed about each along the way. A mix!

Exactly! It's the ride to the destination! Most people screaming are we there yet. It's the fun of the journey.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

It is interesting as FME, most (myself included) that I have known started with smaller hollow grounds. Then, the magical wedges take over. Nothing better! Then, some have-to-get-it-hollows arrive. Then it's hollow madness till one decides which hollows suit him. a wedge here, there. Soon it gets : wedges, half-halfs, on down to the thinner ones. They ALL get larger and more expensive. Then we go back to where we started and see what we enjoyed about each along the way. A mix!

Originally Posted by Scareface

Exactly! It's the ride to the destination! Most people screaming are we there yet. It's the fun of the journey.

I suppose so. Crazy rotation at the end!