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So ... one is not so much 'cutting' the tomato as rubbing the side of the knife against the side of the tomato.
Indeed! In fact if 'c' was larger than 'a' then in theory you wouldn't cut the tomato at all. In practice, because a tomato is squishy you'd probably push it down a bit making 'c' was smaller, and you could cut it. But it wouldn't be a very neat slice!
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Shame about your chef knife... it's very annoying when it's right in the middle, and particularly if the knife has a finger guard. A Coarse SiC stone with a fair bit of pressure, should make short work of a repair though if you fancy trying. This one took me about 10 mins: