Originally Posted by
David Keller NC
Doug - I've had relatively good luck with LN blades - I have roughly 20 of their planes. That said, I've noticed on a few that there's the barest hint of a back-bevel, and like you, I don't like back-bevels on blades. So to make things go a whole lot faster, I just took the bevel to the grinder, ground back 1/64", and the back bevel dissappeared. No muss, no fuss, and the polishing of the back took about 30 minutes, including finding the waterstones, soaking them, flattening them, and then actually using them.
FWIW, I always put a hollow grind on a new plane blade or chisel - I do all of my honing free-hand, and a hollow grind makes this a 5 minute procedure instead of half an hour.