Thread: Hone of the Day

Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan

Outback, is the general idea there that you layer the extra tape right above the uneven bevel/right on top of the worn spine area?

I see you mentioned tape with different thicknesses, I'll try looking into that.

Hope this gives you a better understanding. Nothing is to scale, mind you.



BTW, your last piece of tape should be the whole length of the blade, covering all the other pieces..

Originally Posted by outback

Hope this gives you a better understanding. Nothing is to scale, mind you.

Haven’t seen a better explanation. You are a wealth of information, sir.

Originally Posted by jfk742

Haven’t seen a better explanation. You are a wealth of information, sir.

He's a NUT! What he is!

Wait! What's that I hear? 'Cling-a ching-ding-ding!'

Oh! the wind just picked-up!

You got way more patience than I, Mike!

Agreed, JFK!

Thanks Outback. Couldn't quite visualize all that before, so the diagram really helps!

Originally Posted by sonnythehooligan

Agreed, JFK!

Thanks Outback. Couldn't quite visualize all that before, so the diagram really helps!

I wish we were all gathered around in person so I could ask you what it was you just saw?

I think what I just saw there is something a wee bit past my current capabilities.

I've heard about strategic taping before, I'll save those blades for later.

Strategic taping. A new term!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

He's a NUT! What he is!

Wait! What's that I hear? 'Cling-a ching-ding-ding!'

Oh! the wind just picked-up!

You got way more patience than I, Mike!

TBH, Tom. I can't help myself. I'm a technician/ mechanic I find the root cause, and fix it. That's why I like challenges, it keeps me Thinkin, and trying new things.

It seems to make logical sense to me. The spots with the highest wear receive the most tape, you've got less and less tape as the wear evens out, as needed.

I might see if I can find a practice blade to try this on.

Also, those poor unused calipers might finally find a use.

I mostly buy up 100 year old+ Sheffield blades. They are tricky at times- I tend to think that the ones I struggle with are probably just because I don't have the knowledge on how to approach them yet. However, I'm learning something new every time one of these topics comes up.

Outback, I see you mentioned this working for when the wear is even on both sides.

Some of the blades I see are warped (or have other issues) such that the wear doesn't match on both sides.

Could you still use this method by finding the worn/low spots on each side and only sticking the tape over the spots that need it on that particular side?

Since the tape wouldn't be going over the top of the spine to the other side in this case I'm not sure how well it would stick, but that last piece that goes over the entire length of the spine and covers both sides might keep the tape in place.

Not sure if any of this will make sense.