Originally Posted by
Joel Thomas Runyan
You can make extremely small and controlled adjustments, perfect edges, few passes etc. with a straight blade... it's easy. The principle of a camber removing less material at the edges of the blade is exactly the same as the edges of the mouth removing none.
I don't think it is the same. A cambered iron, placed off-center, removes a shaving that is tapered in thickness across its width. planing only one side of the edge creates a step that will need to be removed in a subsequent pass. For my money, the former method is a more direct route to a satisfactory edge. But I agree that both methods work.
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