Thread: Question About Honing - Covering The Spine Sides

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Depends on the blade,if a beater,who cares,if a mint DD reaper,thats a diff story

Originally Posted by Hirlau

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Viva La Hone Wear!!!!!!!



btw, pixel, I taped the Joseph Roger last night. I did not wanna screw that one up. But in the end if I ever did get my hands on a Reaper I would be one lucky sum'a'bith

I'm just about going to ship an CVH No24 out and it got some heavy hone wear now.
I explained all about tape or not to him and he wanted the razor to go down flat on his hones and now it will.
It was seriously bent so there were no way around it.

Originally Posted by Lemur

I'm just about going to ship an CVH No24 out and it got some heavy hone wear now.
I explained all about tape or not to him and he wanted the razor to go down flat on his hones and now it will.
It was seriously bent so there were no way around it.

let the expert do what he deems best,with some input from you.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

let the expert do what he deems best,with some input from you.

I was the other way around (I think), me honing it!
But I always try to explain exactly what will happen and the different ways to do it... I try at least!

For my first honing of a razor new to me, I do a bevel reset and I do it untaped. This is to ensure that the bevel and spine settle in as a single unit. I stay untaped all the way through, so that the spine gets the same level of polish as the edge. That's mostly about vanity. After that initial honing I'll use tape only if I really care about hone wear, or if it's a wedge and I lack the patience to polish the whole primary bevel.

If you tape, you should change the tape every time you change grits, because your tape will be eroding away. That turns taping into a little more of a commitment.

I could go on, but I think it's time to go take my pill.

Originally Posted by Lynn

Bad Luck???

When someone doesn't ask for the spines to be tape, those of us who don't tape, don't tape. You would have to microscopically measure the difference in wear from a factory honing and a follow up honing unless you are a new guy honing who really flattens a spine out to see any difference.

This is normally not an issue beyond an individual's OCD.

Have fun.

YES I would say Bad Luck.

If it were my first razor that I spent good money on and I was expecting it to be PERFECT after I sent it to someone to be honed and it came back looking all scratched up I would not be happy either.

Now NOTHING AGAINST not using tape, or using it, but it seems that whomever he sent it to did NOT do a good job in his opinion.

Should he of researched a little more on the subject of getting it honed, well that is debatable also.

When people come here looking for advice I have YET to see someone say "Send it to get honed to make sure it is shave ready and oh yeah... ask for the guy to use tape on the spine if you don't want it to MAYBE get some micro scratches on it." We just say make sure it is shave ready. MOST all of us understand that it will get some scratches in it at some time in it's HOPEFUL LONG LIFE!

Just trying to see things from the OP point of view.

I come here to learn from those who have been doing this a LOT longer then I have!
There is a WEALTH of knowledge that is here and I hope to learn from everyone and maybe some day be able to help others also.

Thank YOU Lynn for this GREAT forum and for all you do for us straight razor users!!!

And what about precaution ?

Either you ask, either you use tape, just in case the guy doesn't like honewear; because obviously there's no going back from honewear, am I wrong ?!

I think the honer is wrong here. Whatever our chief honemeisters think about it.

It's just like I repaired your car but I broke your windshield in the process, and that could be prevented by installing a sort of protection on the windshield. Well, if you live in a hot region of the Earth and mosquito meat is your taste, I'm a lucky guy. Else I gotta repair that windshield too.

Sometimes I disagree with me too. But usually it's after I read something thoroughly. Your analogy makes no sense to me and it is obvious that the OP did not ask for the razor to be taped only to lament after and being a new guy, I'm not completely sure about the lamenting based on the follow up description of the shave.

Thank you for calling....................

VIVA

Originally Posted by dudness

And what about precaution ?

Either you ask, either you use tape, just in case the guy doesn't like honewear; because obviously there's no going back from honewear, am I wrong ?!

I think the honer is wrong here. Whatever our chief honemeisters think about it.

It's just like I repaired your car but I broke your windshield in the process, and that could be prevented by installing a sort of protection on the windshield. Well, if you live in a hot region of the Earth and mosquito meat is your taste, I'm a lucky guy. Else I gotta repair that windshield too.

Originally Posted by dudness

And what about precaution ?

Either you ask, either you use tape, just in case the guy doesn't like honewear; because obviously there's no going back from honewear, am I wrong ?!

I think the honer is wrong here. Whatever our chief honemeisters think about it.

It's just like I repaired your car but I broke your windshield in the process, and that could be prevented by installing a sort of protection on the windshield. Well, if you live in a hot region of the Earth and mosquito meat is your taste, I'm a lucky guy. Else I gotta repair that windshield too.

???????im totally missing some point here!

Originally Posted by anthogia

???????im totally missing some point here!

They lost me when they starting speaking Spanish so your not alone