Hollow ground Vs. beveled edge
Hollow Ground
Hollow Ground
Hollow Ground
After opening the scissors, look at the area on the inside of the blade behind the pivot screw. Notice the shiny areas around the outside edge where the two blades rub together. It also has a hollowed out appearance inside the shiny areas. These types of scissors are typically found on beauty / salon and high end grooming shears. They require more than twice as much work as a beveled edge shear because they have to be taken apart and the inside and outside of each blade sharpened. Beauty shears can have either a convexed or beveled edge. The beveled edge version is also known as semi-convex. Both versions of beauty shears are hollow ground. The semi-convex version is usually found on shears that are titanium or color coated.
Beveled Edge
Hollow Ground
Hollow Ground
Notice there is no or very little shiny area around the outside edge where the two blades rub together. There is also no or very little appearance of being hollowed out.