Most of my favorites look most like the one on the right, other than all of the flatness.
I think my edges resemble the second one but reversed because I'm a lefty. I just sharpen both sides until I get a burr and one side always takes way less time than the other, so I guess my edges are asymmetric but it's almost incidental. Something I am curious about, the way it seems that most knives are asymmetric ground, does this mean even if I buy a 50/50 knife I am still getting screwed for being left handed?
I don't think so. Most european knives have asymmetric blades as well, but have symmetric edges. The europeans have the left side convex and the right one flat, though. I'm right handed and imagine, these europeans feel to me exactly like a japanese with a symmetric edge should feel to you. Am I wrong?
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