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on a slicer hollow ground. or even a flat grind seams to go real good too...

There are two types of geometries being mixed here - edge geometry and blade geometry. You can have a hollow ground or flat ground knife with a convex edge, or a convex ground knife with a flat edge.

The NMSFNO CG, for example, came with a convex blade grind, and a flat edge grind.

The Vex comes with a flat grind, and a convex zero edge.