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Is that heel leading? What does the angle do?

I own two wedges, one is a German one I got from John Crowley, which is superb and the other is an inexpensive Eskiltuna which is quite good. It seems to be an excellent design, probably more...

The only problem I've had with real (flat) wedges is that they take so much work.

I'm willing to stretch it for blades with a slight, single curve.

The one you described sounds like a wedge with a frameback.

This has to be right by the normal definition of wedge, but some of the other shapes have come to be called a wedge.

My opinion is that the 1/4 should not be considered a wedge because it has a...

The really old (authentic) wedges are triangualr with no concave surface. The bevel is the entire side of the blade. That's why they're so hard to hone.