Quote Originally Posted by mainaman View Post
Thanks a lot for the useful info BeBerlin.
If I understand right then pretty much the spine of the razor also touches the stone and the strop and serves as a guide for the right honing/stropping angle?
The spine *ALWAYS* touches the hone (and strop), unlike honing a knife. If you were to lift the spine at all you will mess up the edge. Note that some people put a piece of electrical tape on the spine to reduce the "spine wear" during honing, but many (including me) don't do that. If you have a fancy razor that has etching on the spine or gold wash you want to protect, then it might be a good idea to tape, but once you use tape you always need to use tape unless you completely reset the bevel.

-Chief