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Thread: When Did Taping the Spine Begin?
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05-10-2017, 01:25 PM #11
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Thanked: 481Yea, I suspect in the past if they cared about the spine they raised it off the hone ever so slightly. Just enough to avoid contact. The vintage blades that I've come across with little or no hone wear on the spine all had higher angle bevels than what I made with tape or simply honing them with the spine on the stone.
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05-10-2017, 01:33 PM #12
Years ago this question came up and some folks thought there may have been a metal sleeve used to slide over the spine to do the equivalent of taping. Whether there has ever been anything written/published to that effect I don't know.
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05-10-2017, 03:50 PM #13
I dare tot differ.
Perret in 1770 recommended honing with spine on the hone not off the hone. In those days hollow grinding had not yet been invented. If you look at the old wedges some of 'em have more honewear on the spine than on the bevel. Perret describes a wooden sleeve to cover the spine and most of the blade as a blade guard, not to make honing easier.
He describes the practice of regrinding as soon as the bevel and spine wear would interfere with honing.
Let's credit Lynn with spine taping.Last edited by Kees; 05-10-2017 at 03:53 PM.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.
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05-10-2017, 03:55 PM #14
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05-10-2017, 04:07 PM #15
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Thanked: 13245Yeah the thoughts on this go back a few years this thread is 9 years old
http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...honed-day.html
I remember Josh Earl doing some hardness tests using the older Sheffield razors that found the spines were softer than the blades so that also could have an effect of the excessive spine wear we see..
It has been a topic of conversation and conjecture for quite a long time
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05-10-2017, 04:21 PM #16
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Thanked: 31Since someone mentioned Perret, I thought this link might be useful too
http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...ds-1771-a.html
The wooden sleeve was for shaving, not honing, apparently. But I would not be surprised if someone used it for honing.
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05-10-2017, 05:36 PM #17
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05-11-2017, 03:12 AM #18
I first heard of honing with tape around the year 2000.
I was taught to hone with the spine off of the hone by a fingernail height.
Using tape is a lot easier!!!
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05-11-2017, 03:25 AM #19
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Thanked: 4826There are guys around that can hone a razor without putting on hone wear, leaving marks, or use tape. I am not there yet. Tape is a great solution for those of us that have not made it there yet.
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