Thread: How Bevel is Affected by Taping

Gentlemen, Please let's separte fact from opinion.
Everyone is entitled to have his own opinion, but don't start preaching personal opinion as facts.

Keep this discussion respectful and non-inflammatory.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Gentlemen, Please let's separte fact from opinion.
Everyone is entitled to have his own opinion, but don't start preaching personal opinion as facts.

Keep this discussion respectful and non-inflammatory.

There are two different reasons to tape a razor.

#1 To protect the spine (either due to fancy gold washes, etc, or because of Felix Unger type need to keep everything "just so"

#2 To create a secondary bevel for change in edge geometry

That is what I understand this thread to be about.


There are two reasons to use a straight razor

#1 To effectively shave your face, while being able to fully savour the experience: the smell of the lather, the tactile sense of the blade against your skin, the lines of the razor that are pleasing to the eye, the glint of the light of of a finely worked gold etched back, or the simple clean lines of a no-nonsense razor, the feel and heft of the razor in your hand. The many variables that go into a great shave that you control. Like a great golf shot, or when you hit a tennis ball "just right", when you achieve a great shave with a straight it is quite satisfying.

#2 To remove whiskers from your face.

If you are interested in #2 from a purely utilitarian point of view, a DE or cartridge is a more effective tool. No tape, no strop, no hone. Less variables, more consistant edge from mass manufactured sources, etc. etc.