Thread: Tape on the spine

Get a vernier gauge, measure the thickness at thespine across three or four points, and then measure the height from the spine wear strip to the cutting edge and calculate. If the bevel could stand to have the edge reeled on and the spine kept as is, use tape, if the spine is already creating an obtuse bevel don't use tape for now... If Inhave to remove big chips on wedges or grind through pits to hit a bevel I usually calculate, see where I am and then go without for a time before defaulting back to one layer. I wouldn't personally go over two layers as tape is compressible. Onlu exception I make are for 18th century stubtails where the spine tends to be really thin.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Y U G E!! Y U G E L Y WIDE and it'll be GREATl!!!!

Where have I heard that before.

Bob

As mentioned, Many on our forum own dozens of razors, and I would not use the same razor twice in a fortnight. I used tape to preserve the appearance of the razor. So having a large number of razors, once the initial bevel is set, then it's unlikely that I am going to hone most of mine regularly. I don't own heaps, just 30 odd, and all I do nowadays is a touch up on a finishing hone. So the geometry of the razors stays fairly well intact. If I buy a vintage razor, or even a brand new one I tend to cut my own new bevel and hone it up. And inmost cases it might not see a stone in 6 or more months. I hear people saying it's a tool, not meant to be pretty. But in my opinion, razors are lovely things and my shaves don't suffer as a result.