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It sounds like a warped blade. I would put it on a narrow hone.

Yeah, I think we're addressing (mixing up?) at least 3 different things:

1. breadknifing steel away that needs to go anyway (being burred, or chipped, or slightly annealed by the restoration...

I know, but I was trying to point out where the practice, however irrelevant to straight razor and knife sharpening, could possibly come from. It would not be the first time someone decides to copy...

As far as I know, "jointing" is a term that originates from the world of industrial woodworking machinery. Many woodworking machines (jointers, planers, spindle moulders, etc...) use rotating cutter...

Slightly dulling a razor is something I have occasionally adviced, and I also do it myself. As I see it, it's a viable tactic when the state of the razor's bevel is suspect. "Suspect" can have...