On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 6:29 AM Adam R. Maxwell  wrote:

> On Aug 29, 2021, at 22:35 , Christian Gagneraud  wrote:
>
> On some of mine, it appears the cutting edge is wider than the body, and
> as you shorten the blade thru use, it gets narrower.
>
> Definitely, same here.
>
> Isn't this intentional? My understanding is that being tapered like this
> keeps the plough iron from binding in the groove. It also keeps the arris
> of the iron from wasting away the sides of the groove, which is a problem
> I've had with Stanley versions: it's really easy to end up with a ragged
> groove if you don't keep the handle perfectly vertical.
>

I assumed so, since almost all have some degree of taper, some more visible
than others.  Just never knew why.  I assumed it would reduce binding and
deflection of the blade, but not the ragged edge bit.
-- 
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hours of training for work things, which is far from witty.