Thread: I Am Praying this Does Not Come off Like a Lame Question

..and the question is-

What if any problem/disadvantage/evil juju/wickedness/etc. can be potentially encountered should one just choose to hone their razors right on the rock? No tape, no double tape, no dili-uni-or other cote, just steel and stone. Regardless if the blade in queation has a history of being honed and/or bevel set with a taped (or double taped) spine??

I am at that point with my razors that they all seem to offer up a decent enough edge by just using the correct pressure and number of strokes on a progression of different grits. Some blades I have I know were not set up with tape; others I know were. What will be my problems (if any) if I just re-assign the electric tape to the tool box for dutues of an exclusively electric nature??

That shouldn't be much of a concern really.
For personal use, the wear we would cause on the spine would be minute.

So, once a proper bevel is set, you should be golden really.
Tons of guys around here nevere uses tape, no worries at all.

As long as you stay above 4k it shouldn't cause much hone wear

This thread has a lot of potential. This should be good.

Many of use do that. That said, some razors may need tape to increase a "too shallow" bevel angle that does not support a lasting edge.
Most personal razors users only had one hone or not that, and most assuredly didn't have electrical tape.
Do what works for you! If honing for others, then visual and a other factors come in to play.
~Richard

It's up to you ! No mojo involved. I use tape primarily to keep from scratching a spine I just spent hours getting it to shine.


Unless your doing something to improve the bevel or adjust for hone wear like Richard says than it is a simple matter of choice.

Originally Posted by rodb

As long as you stay above 4k it shouldn't cause much hone wear

To clear up confusion in my mind are you saying use tape to set a bevel and not when you go to the 4k and up? OR stick with tape if that's what you started with?

For me I tape everything, but if the bevel was set without tape, then doing touchups shouldn't cause much more wear.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

To clear up confusion in my mind are you saying use tape to set a bevel and not when you go to the 4k and up? OR stick with tape if that's what you started with?

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

To clear up confusion in my mind are you saying use tape to set a bevel and not when you go to the 4k and up? OR stick with tape if that's what you started with?

use tape to start ,,, use tape to finish.



" To Use or Not to Use, That is the Question"

Tape is either used to protect the spine or increase the bevel angle. I would think tape is optional unless you would like to preserve the spine

I have often believed that tape is for lack of a better description in natural since it increases the angle as the blade width gets narrowed by honing. Great for preserving old razors but unnecessary for new razors