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Hi Joseph,

I have ordered 20mm Kapton Tape.

I have a question if I may?

Is there any reason why I shouldn’t use the Kapton Tape on it’s own without any insulating tape under it?

Originally Posted by STF

Hi Joseph,

I have ordered 20mm Kapton Tape.

I have a question if I may?

Is there any reason why I shouldn’t use the Kapton Tape on it’s own without any insulating tape under it?

That works fine.. It's just personal preference.. I think of a layer of 88 and a layer of Kapton as one layer

Originally Posted by STF

Is there any reason why I shouldn’t use the Kapton Tape on it’s own without any insulating tape under it?

I know that this question was not directed at me, but I use Kapton alone regularly when I want to protect the spine with minimum increase in bevel angle.

Thanks guys for your answers.

Unfortunately as a bit of a noob it brings up new questions.

I know that Joseph said he likes to raise the spine to get a narrower bevel, I understand. He also said that a narrow bevel for him is mostly cosmetic, or have I misunderstood?

bluesman7 says he just uses Kapton Tape so that he doesn't change the bevel angle. Keeping the spine low would obviously result in a wider bevel.

I think I am getting good at this

My confusion is:

1) Other than cosmetics what are the pro's and con's of a wide vs narrow bevel?

2) By using just Kapton I assume that the factory bevel could be preserved, isn't that better?

3) If a narrower bevel was better, wouldn't the factory use one?

4) By using just Kapton Tape, how much difficulty does it create should the razor be honed by someone else in future that doesn't have kapton but tapes the spine with insulating tape?

Sorry for all the questions but I couldn't believe my luck when two razor makers/restorers are both trying to help.

These are pretty good questions and they show that you are thinking about things, but I think that we should be up in the honing forum. The off topic guy has a madder face than what I would express.

New razors do have a fine bevel but who is to say they got the angle rite?
How's that for confusion

I was dealing with an old blade.. I think.. Even I'm confused now