Quote Originally Posted by kevint View Post
I am unaware that Mike's testing requires staying behind the edge as you describe the knife guy doing, as you say he is.

that is not what he said
In this case however,(missing from your overview) the only real advantage is reducing the number of strokes to establish the finish edge.
Kevin,
Beg, borrow or steal a Shapton or similar and work with us and stop bogging the experiment with parsing words. We are going to need a lawyer for a fun experiment if we continue like this. PLEASE>
Tom, Your Bismark is calling.
Mike