There is some personal presonal preference of when to tape. I don't like to tape unless there is a lot of work to be done such as honing chips etc or if there is spine wear. In my mind it affects the geometry.
Is there another reason?
I was reading a post concerning removing a frown and reestablishing a smile. An hone meister said definitely use tape. I assume that's due to the amount of metal that needed to ve removed would damage the spine. Once that is done then remove the tape and then go through your normal progression?

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