Especially with the lathe, given that the work is round, there is no such
thing as "chip relief" to worry about.

Skews with "bellies" are called gouges. Some are called "skewchigouges."


No, I meant on a skew, where your normal edge looks like \/ and instead, you
sharpen it to have a slight roundedness because you did it by hand, and
couldn't keep it totally flat, or you did it on a slack belt or a buffing
wheel.. It seems like if it's that way, it either skates or digs in when you
don't want it to.