Hey all,

So I am new to the straight razor and pretty excited to get started. I read quite a bit of information including “The Art of the Straight Razor Guide” by Christopher Moss. He references SRP a lot which is why I joined to begin with.


Here is the information leading to my question:

Moss says that when honing, “Both the spine and the edge must stay in contact with the hone at all times.”

That makes sense, but I have a full hollow 5/8th inch carbon steel Dovo Diamant (image below) that is blued. Now, if the spine is contacting the stone while I am honing, won’t the blued steel rub off?

If it will, I have read that a piece of masking tape or electric tape will prevent scratching. However, this contradicts the following statement that Moss made:

Here Moss is talking about honing a full hollow blade:
The beauty of this idea is that the spine and edge are the only parts of the blade to contact the hone when the blade is laid upon it. This controls the angle of the tapering metal that will form the edge, but means that no great amount of metal need be removed from the side of the blade as with a wedge. As the edge is gradually worn away by repeated honing, so is the spine, thus maintaining the geometry of the honing angle.

Now, getting to my point, won’t leaving masking tape on the spine affect this “geometry of the honing angle?”
Do you know what I am saying? I would appreciate any help anyone could give me!


Natureman


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