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A neighbor gifted me with a draw shave similar to this one. It shows very little use and the rust on the bevel buffed off easily. The bevel is hollow ground and the steel appears hardened (file skates), but it looks like someone has filed a bevel on the back of the blade. I was always under the impression that these were sharpened like chisels or plane blades, and for that to be effective the back needed to be flat. Anybody with any experience sharpening these kinds of shaves care to offer an opinion on whether I should attempt to flatten the back?
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