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If the spine is unevenly worn, then that too needs to be addressed. I don't know what others do, but I do "side honing" on just the spine. I tape the edge and hone back and forth in the direction...

Definitely NOT perpendicular--this is why the term "breadknifing" is so deceptive and destructive. As someone has already described, hold the blade with the spine slightly off of the hone, so at a...