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That is the way I do it. Whether it is magic or not, I don't know. I simply cut till the kerf starts to close, then a DEEP humboldt and snip the backstrap. Off she goes.

I make a humboldt.

Absolutely. And I don't have a name for it.

I have been using it for years. Wish I could pull a Murphy and claim I invented it, but it was actually shown to me by a former apprentice.

If used to tip long chunks off a stem, a deep face makes them easier to push over. Also it keeps them going in the right diection, more than just muscleing them over the round side of the stem. But with a motorized implement pulling, you are right, as usual.