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10-07-2013, 08:54 PM #1Fatty Boom Boom
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Who was the first razor honer to use tape? Is the answer J.A. Hellberg?
Originally Posted by edhewitt
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10-07-2013, 08:55 PM #2Fatty Boom Boom
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Hey, you stole my post!
Originally Posted by WW243
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10-07-2013, 10:15 PM #3Senior Member
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Besides protecting the spine during honing .. What's the benefit of using tape? Layman storms I just read a six page post about this my head is spinning..Last edited by Airportcopper; 10-07-2013 at 10:24 PM.
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10-07-2013, 10:40 PM #4At this point in time...
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Originally Posted by Airportcopper
I have never figured out why Tape vs No tape is always a contention on all the forums,, If people would just do the actual tests and do the math, they would soon realize that there is no upside or downside... You can argue it for hours either way, which is what most of these threads turn into..
The only advantage that I have ever found besides protecting the spine is on razors that are borderline ready for a re-grind, you can't add steel but you can add a few pennies worth of tape to save a ton of grinding...
Basically they are your razors do as you wish
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