ugh...a tape thread...

[Hirlau]

I say yes, but my experience is limited on barber's hones. I always tape, but one night grabbed a barber's hone and spread lather on it to refresh during the shave, laid it flat no change in the next couple of strokes, raised it a bit, 6 strokes & rolled the edge over so bad , had to got to the next razor in the rotation to finish.

About a month later, refreshed with tape on another razor & shave, 6 strokes, strop, nice clean cut, smooth.

[Sticky]

Here is an even more recent one with figures from an actual razor instead of theory

http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...-theories.html

Which part is theory? The geometry and trig is precise math. I think the referred post also said: "Using tape really doesn't matter, other than it saves the spine..."; basically.

[gssixgun]

Which part is theory? The geometry and trig is precise math. I think the referred post also said: "Using tape really doesn't matter, other than it saves the spine..."; basically.

Aye they do both say the same thing Thats what I meant... just backing up the old thread with new proofs in steel instead of math

[Sticky]

Aye they do both say the same thing Thats what I meant... just backing up the old thread with new proofs in steel instead of math

Math and steel, I measured the difference on an Optical Comparator to double-check the math.

[tinkersd]

I"m loving this thread!! what were we talking about again??