Okay, completely disregard my question. I lost myself on that one. :aargh:
Thank you for the clarification though...makes sense.
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This is an interesting thought and there has been more than significant discussion here. Most older razors bought that are not in NOS condition usually have an amount of flattening to them already. Also, there a ton of new guys who pick them up with the flattening uneven across the spine and even different on the other side. With one piece of tape, you end up with the same uneven flattening and have a dickens of a time trying to establish a bevel vs. simply accepting the fact that there is going to have to be a fair amount of metal removed.
But, as Glen has already said, there is a ton of personal preference regarding this topic.
Have fun,
Lynn
I have few razors with some fancy gold washing/engravings on the spine so with these i think there is a good reason to use the tape. With my other razors there is really no actual reason for tape at all, but to keep it simple i just use 1 layer of tape with everyone.
Another place to use the tape is when you set the bevel with some unsharpened blade. Tape speeds things a little. With uneven spine there is no sense using tape (until the spine is perfectly even on both sides),