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I like to hollow grind my chisels and plane irons. My grinder is set to deliver a 25 degree bevel. I also like to freehand hone on diamond stones. The hollow grind allows me to register the iron on the stone. I hone a micro bevel by just lifting the iron up a bit.
The first Stanley #5 I ever bought had obviously been used a lot. It had a beat up old iron but of very high quality steel and it was heavily cambered. The primary bevel was way less than 25 degrees and a little bit of honing had been done on the back of the iron as well, making it sort of similar to a knife. That setup would plane soft woods like pine as if they were butter. I’ve tried to copy that whenever I’m working in softer Woods.