Well, I'm against you both, sorta...

You can mute the spike very, very, lightly and it will still be much less prone to biting. That was the point (pun!) I was trying to make.

Besides, a point muted to the slight degree I am proposing can be restored to a fully vicious spike with just normal honing, in the same manner that over time the edges of a chamfered hone gradually become sharp "points" again. Therefore the sanctity of the original spike can be regained over the decades!