Received my Eklipse hollow grind slicer yesterday. The slicer grind is my favorite blade style produced by Hinderer and this is the first time I've seen it on an Eklipse. It arrived very sharp out of the box, perhaps the sharpest in my Hinderer collection, but as
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indicate the hollow grind is very, very shallow. It's almost impossible to tell from photographs and physical inspection. The hollow grind is even barely noticeable to the touch. It doesn't become apparent until you hold a straight edge ruler against the blade and see the tiniest minuscule sliver of light.
I'm very glad to have the Eklipse Slicer grind, but with the hollow grind being barely prominent I don't see the need to replace my standard XM-18 3.5" Slicers. However if you don't have a XM-18 3.5" Slicer to begin with, then by all means get the hollow grind