First of all, good on 'ya for translating "Honing Razors & Nihonkamisori"! Amazing to read that document! Big thanks are in order!

I'm curious about a phrase Iwasaki says a lot: the "false edge". He clearly differentiates it from a standard wire edge, so it seems like it would be something else. It sounds almost like super-fine microchipping or some kind of micro-burr, but I have no idea, really. Am I warm or miles off?