Originally Posted by
RayClem
With half hollow and quarter hollow blades, honing without tape can be done; but because the bevel width is wider than with a full hollow, it takes a lot longer to hone all the way to the apex. With a wider bevel, the pressure of the hone is distributed across a wider surface, so the PSI is lower and the effectiveness is lower. To compensate, you have to either apply more pressure, or hone for more strokes. Of course, if you have a full wedge, you have to remove metal from the entire surface of the blade unless you use one or more layers of tape.