Maybe we've gotten to the point that we overlook the fact that honing is:

-difficult
-finnicky
-individual
-not a science
-always different
-full of variables
-infinitely full of variables

etc.

Why bother to destroy a bevel just for the opportunity to reset it? I've reset countless bevels by just working on a bad bevel as is. Not saying that is the only way to do it... Anyway, we all started somewhere guys. We all passed hurdles. We may not have all 'breadknifed' a razor, but I'm sure we all learned something from it whether we did or did not try to. Is it a viable way to adjust the sharpness of an edge such as is every honing technique? Yes. Do we all need to or even want to do it? No. Is it something to be taken carefully? Maybe, maybe not. We all need to really just learn for ourselves if no one else can give us a solid answer... and let's face it- with so many varying opinions, there is no solid answer.

When did breadknifing get popular? Who knows.