Hello

Im far from honing a razor, because im practicing using a shavett now. I am curious though about honing. If a person tapes the spine that would make the razor have an obtuse angle. If a person dont tape the spine and as the spine wears and the blade width decreases. Does the bevel height get taller. Meaning the bevel of the cutting edge. As the spine wears it looks like the edge angle would get thinner, but taller if that makes since.

I read somewhere i dont know which forum about a good idea when to tape the spine. This guy tapes his razor everytime, but only to set the bevel at 1k. Before he moves to the 4k he removes the tape, then takes permanent marker and marks not only the bevel but above the bevel a bit.Naturaly with no tape on the razor now using the 4k the bevel that was set on the 1k will not come into contact with the stone, but creates a secondary bevel. The reason he marked the bevel is when the marker is gone he knows that the first and secondary bevel become one bevel. The reason for the tape on the 1k was because thats the most aggressive stone he used, and the tape would protect the spine against the aggressiveness of the 1k. On the 4k and beyond minimal spine wear, because your just refining and not removing a lot of metal.