Thread: Taping the EDGE

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

What I haven't heard a definitive answer on is how exactly spine width is designed when making a razor. Do makers of razors design the spine width exactly proportional to blade width to produce a specific angle for the bevel? If so, wouldn't you expect the bevel angle of all razors of a general type to be very similar?

Let's assume all the above to be true. Do you think that, due to the large surface area of the spine that's in contact with the hone relative to the edge, that the edge will always wear faster than the spine decreases in width (with respect to the bevel angle)? If so, how far do you think that would be before you might want to adjust the spiine width?