Thread: To tape or not to tape

" I don't always tape, but when I do it's Dos XX,s, be well shaven my friends". Tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

" I don't always tape, but when I do it's Dos XX,s, be well shaven my friends". Tc

Tres m's???

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“In some of the responses some of you say you use tape on the 1K stone and then remove it for the 4/8, 12K etc. stones. Is there a reason you do this?”

Nope, I never understood the theory of removing the tape, after the bevel set.

Just leave the tape on and keep the same bevel all the way through.

There is no benefit of removing the tape for the final hones, that I can see.

I tape, and I'm not ashamed! I wonder how many pages this latest tape/no-tape thread will go...

"Make America Tape Again!"

Originally Posted by Whizbang

I have enjoyed reading the various viewpoints in this thread. I learn so much from different perspectives. Tape, it seems, is a YMMV thing...

In some of the responses some of you say you use tape on the 1K stone and then remove it for the 4/8, 12K etc. stones. Is there a reason you do this? I can see the 1K is where you are removing the most metal...is it because above 1K the tape serves no real purpose? But is there any harm in leaving it on for all stages of honing? I leave mine on for the 1K and 3/8K stones...it just seems easier....and consistent.

There is a very good reason to do so but also very rare,,,

You get a beautiful NOS razor in for honing, and the owner wants it honed Without tape, the razor has micro chips or any other issue that requires a "Hard Bevel set"

So you put on 1 layer of tape, set the hard bevel, remove the tape, kill the edge and bring it all back with feather light laps on the mid range hone 4k-ish and finish off the honing leaving the owner a uniform bevel without tape, nor any honewear from the heavy bevel set...

It is a rare usage just an arrow in the quiver to have..

Yes you could do without the tape but it takes less then a penny's worth and no time so why bother

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

" I don't always tape, but when I do it's [Dos XX,s]Super 88, be well shaven my friends". Tc

Fixed. .