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It IS extreme, but it's no harder to recreate a bevel than refining one, since the spine and edge automatically create said geometry. It just takes a lot longer.

I am definitely one of those who...

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I know it's mean spirited, but your post made me laugh out loud. Does that make me a bad person? Probably.

I just hope they weren't family treasures, or too terribly expensive.

My advice, assuming you have a shave ready to gauge your end goal, (and no way to upload photos) is go for it!

It's your blade, and your time so do what you want with it. ;)

Either it will...

I have only done it twice: once to fix a frown, and once to get rid of some corrosion 1/16 deep into the edge.

I prefer to just use a coarse hone with pressure, and that works almost as fast as...