Thread: Question About Honing - Covering The Spine Sides

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.