A good shaving edge indeed, but if the edge is asymmetrical would it not add another variable into my shaving technique? And would that make it more difficult for me as I begin to learn to shave with a straight (had the Boker for a while, it sat unhoned for years after a younger version of myself showed it little respect).

And for those well acquainted with TI razors, is there a chance that the swayed back shouldn't translate to a smiling edge? I don't quite know how I could measure it precisely but the part of the spine contacting the hone/strop appears to sit on one plane rather than follow a curve that would enable rolling-x strokes. As in the outline of the contact point curves with the shape of the spine, but the contact point itself appears to be very flat. Is this normal or did the honemeister overwork it to flatten the edge unnecessarily?