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  2. Straight razor - Wikipedia

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    The hollow-ground blade flexes more easily and provides more feedback on the resistance the blade meets while cutting the hair, which is an indicator of blade sharpness. [13] [48] Hollow-ground blades are preferred by most barbers and some high-end razor manufacturers limit their production exclusively to hollow ground razors. [19] [13]

  3. Kitchen knife indentation - Wikipedia

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    The design of scallop-sided blades is an attempt to ease the cutting and separation of meats, cheese, and vegetables. Some retailers have taken to calling these designs "hollow ground," probably confused by the hollowness of the indentations, whereas "hollow ground" properly refers to the cross-section of the cutting edge.

  4. Hollow Ground - Wikipedia

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    Hollow Ground may refer to: Hollow Ground, 2018 album by American musician Cut Worms; Hollow Ground (band), an English heavy metal music band;

  5. Blade geometry - Wikipedia

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    The diamond cross-section could also be hollow ground for greater edge sharpness and thrust efficiency, while retaining strong central ridges. Taper There are two ...

  6. Hollow Earth - Wikipedia

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    The Hollow Earth is an obsolete concept proposing that the planet Earth is entirely hollow or contains a substantial interior space. Notably suggested by Edmond Halley in the late 17th century, the notion was disproven, first tentatively by Pierre Bouguer in 1740, then definitively by Charles Hutton in his Schiehallion experiment around 1774.

  7. Glossary of landforms - Wikipedia

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    Nivation hollow – Geomorphic processes associated with snow patches; Oxbow lake – U-shaped lake or pool left by an ancient river meander; Panhole – Depression or basin eroded into flat or gently sloping cohesive rock; Pothole – Natural bowl-shaped hollow carved into a streambed; Plunge pool – Depression at the base of a waterfall

  8. Hollow - Wikipedia

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    Hollow, a low, wooded area, such as a copse Hollow (landform) , a small vee-shaped, riverine type of valley Tree hollow , a void in a branch or trunk, which may provide habitat for animals

  9. Ice skate - Wikipedia

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    The base of the figure-skate blade is slightly concave, or "hollow ground". The hollow, which runs the length of the blade, creates two edges, which come in contact with the ice. The forward part of the blade, the toe-rake, is saw-toothed and is used for jumps and spins on the toes. [9]