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That is my line of thinking, but i could see steering with the back cut more effective in the tree on smaller diameters and lengths, and when swinging a heavy leaner to stop the swing short and drop it faster if desired.

I was thinking of the front of the hinge doing the steering. I have not noticed a tree being steered (or what I would call steering) by the back cut. Most often the wood on the back side would rather rip apart than hang on and steer the tree. Anything going on up front can easily cause steering...

You don't steer a tree with the back cut, it is steered by the face. It would take a heavy lean to steer using the back cut, and the only steering would have to be towards the favor.