Wedge vs. Hollow - question about the feel
I've been straight shaving for about a year now. I have a few hollow ground razors and had been using those up until today. I figured it made more sense to buy a barber's hone then buy a new razor whenever the one I was using needed sharpening so I bought a Pike Swaty. I've had an old wedge here for a while but it had a small nick in the blade. It has water spots and isn't very pretty so for practice honing honed out the chip on the blade. Then I figured why not strop it and try a shave?
Is it just me or does a wedge have a very different feel then a hollow ground razor? It didn't have as fine an edge as I'm used to, there was more stubble left on the first pass for example, but the comfort level was way up there. If I shave with a hollow that leaves that much stubble it feels like a ran sandpaper across my cheek. I only did a WTG and XTG pass, I didn't try ATG. Maybe next time.