Excellent! With a difference of only a few chops, and the margin of error regarding thickness and hardness of the wood, muscle fatigue, etc., I would say they are pretty evenly matched at this point.
Yep. I'd say you're right. I am not a machine. They are really close.
Edit:
In my first chop-off, the NMSFNO chopped much better than the M9LE. But with more equal polished convex edges, they are very close. I am surprised that my convex edge made that much difference, as the M9 came with a very sharp factory edge.
