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I hate taping spines: the tape wears down quickly when setting bevel and needs replacing after a while. After removing the tape you have to remove the sticky substance that is left on the razor.
That's why I started looking for alternatives to tape.
I found these: Global Sharpening Guide Rails Set of Two: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home
Would they be useful for straight razors?
I've been looking at those to use with my kitchen knives, but on razor the resulting angle might be too high as they by my guestimation would raise the spine too much. Also, I don't know if you could attach them properly. Could work with those framebacks with the pipe as a spine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kees
The big one is 60 mm (2.4") long, 13 mm (0.5") wide.
The small one is 45 mm (1.8") long and 8.5 mm (0.3") wide.
That's quite a lot calculating that tape only raises the spine less than a 1mm... You could of course order and try. You can still use them for your kitchen knifes if they don't work on your razor (which would be my guess).Quote:
Originally Posted by Kees
For my first project (soon, any day now ...) I was thinking of using painter's tape. This sort of tape is easy to remove, without any sticky substance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kees
If you use electrical tape, I don't know why you're getting sticky stuff remaining on your blade.
It's all I use, and I've never had any sticky residue left on the blade when I pull it off.
Maybe you have a cheap brand of tape, or it's really old.
Not sure how the rails would work, but if you try em, I'd love to hear how they work.
GL!
Surely old what I use and might be cheap as well. I'll try some higher quality tape. Looking again at the guide rails I am afraid they are too high.
At the start of my honing journey, I found two seemingly identical rolls of white electrical tape. However, one left a residue, and the other didn't. Night and day difference.
As cheap as they are, it's worth hunting down a few different rolls until you find one that works for you - they're out there!
lighter fluid will remove the tape residue with almost no effort, and it is cheap and readily available
Not sure if they have 3M elec. tape over there in the Netherlands, but that would be good quality.
I'm sure you can find some that will work tho :) GL!
I've found rubbing alcohol is very good at removing any tape residue also.Quote:
Originally Posted by hardheart
I remember seeing bad reviews of these things on the US site, so I went back and checked. People claim the things scratch their knives, and remember, when used on a knife they are meant to keep the knife at around a 20 degree angle.
I used to have a problem with the tape residue. I have tried all the solvents also with very mixed results.
The most effective is plain mineral oil with a bit of elbow grease.
It also helps to apply a lite coat of oil on the blade before you apply the tape.
Hope this helps.:)
Old Etape does leave quite a lot of residue. New stuff leaves very little. I don't think the adhesive has been changed, I believe it just degrades over time.
Goo Be Gone is a great residue remover. it is all natural and shouldn't harm the finish on the blade or scales, plus it smells like oranges which i like. if your tape gets really hot one time the glue breaks down and will always from then on leave residue.
After cleaning a razor with a solvent like lighter fluid or alcohol doQuote:
Originally Posted by hardheart
make a point of lightly wiping it down with a light oil or some other
surface protector.
Two nights ago I washed off some strop crud with 99% Isopropyl
and a splash of very hot water. The next day I noticed a number of
small rust spots. Nothing bad and a quick polish made them vanish
but rust they was.
It is amazing to me how well shave creams and super fated soap preserves
steel..
I have a set of these, I'll try the small one on a razor when I get home and see what it does to the angle.
They will only scratch the blade if there is grit under them when you slip them onto the knife (they have a flexible plastic liner), which the instructions specifically state to be aware of.Quote:
Originally Posted by ziggy925
Also, they are made for japanese knives which generally have around 18 degrees included angle, so they would keep the knife around 9 degrees edge angle (I presume you meant edge angle when you said 20 degrees).
It adds about 1.4mm height to the spine while honing and it is quite hard to slide on and off, you would have to keep buying new ones too, as they would wear out. Stick with tape, it's cheap and easy.
to get the residue off i ues the same tape with the stickey side just pad the stickey on the blade and peel it off fast and simple.