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Yup if it's really hollow, you can see a "belly" down near the cutting edge where the balde gets fat again before narrowing down to the final cutting edge.

Yes, as the thin, unsuppported edge part was removed, and thus the bevel is now formed on the thicker portion of the grind:

That pic was taken using very light pressure of the blade against the edge of my desk. It flexed back immediately from the distortion seen there.



I subsequently re-ground that Wapi, and you...

Here is my rebuttle to the legend of the Wapi being a thick, beefy grind: