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Most of the frowns I've seen have come from curved blades. Though I suppose if you used a narrow pasted strop or a narrow hone extensively (both of which seem common in europe), and weren't careful...

No not a wire edge. I was talking about the excessive arching that leads to a steep angle at the edge, or too much pressure which causes the pastes to coarsely. Just as with stones, if you use a...

I used to think so. AFAIK I'm one of the guys that started this idea that pastes weaken the edge, and if you look back in the archives I came up with a variety of elaborate theories to explain this....

Yes it's true.