Thank you very much as I had completely forgoten about the trucks that came around every once and a while in my area. It looked like a circus wagon and would do knives, scissors and the like, though I do not remember them blokes doin' any Str8' razors, and then I was awfully young at the time.
As to Tapeing I always do simply because It will NOT hurt the angle of the dangle in any way and will save on spine wear.
AND I like the way it feels on my J.Nat's as I stroke away my dulling blues.
I can't abide a dull or unfitting tool, even If I don't use the thing that often, I in fact have a block plane that I honed to a fair thee well and after use I oil the plane blade up and stored in away sharp and ready for the next use even if that won't be for some time.
Thank you for this thread, great info. !!

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