Thread: Taping the spine

It is a rare occasion that I tape a spine at all unless I have significant metal to remove ie, chips cracks or really poor grinding or heavy uneven honing previously. All this confusion about setting bevels and so forth is something I normally don't get as technical as you experts about. I just hone up the razor. Most times with the Norton followed by an Escher because I can rely on it consistently doing 30-50 razors per week.

Have fun.

Lynn

I used to tape the spine all the time and just left it on for everything (including pasted hanging strop) except stropping. Now that my Rad has plateaued I don't worry so much about tape (I will use tape on the Bergischer Lowe - I'm a bit OCD about the gold wash on the spine).

But I've noticed what you are saying, Josh, especially on my JR wedges the first time I honed them. It's one of the reasons I gave up taping so much.

James.

Originally Posted by adjustme69

All this confusion about setting bevels and so forth is something I normally don't get as technical as you experts about. I just hone up the razor.
Have fun.
Lynn

I think my sarcasmometer just exploded...

Originally Posted by Bruno

I think my sarcasmometer just exploded...

um, Bruno - I thought he was serious

Cheers
Ivo

I think he just might be?

Originally Posted by izlat

um, Bruno - I thought he was serious

Cheers
Ivo

No offense was intended, I just thought it was funny.

A man who has honed well over 8000 razors in his life, at a rate of 30-50 per week, calling us experts ...

That's like a McLaren calling a beetle a racewagon.

Hey Bruno - maybe you didn't realize I was kidding because your meter was already broken

Cheers
Ivo

ps - I have seen Beetles with racing engines!

It sounded to me like there was both a little bit of sarcasim and a little bit of sincerity in his comment. I would like to think that Lynn respects the fact that many of us are so dedicated to learning the art of honing (and some of us are getting pretty good at it because of the fact that we can share our experiences and ideas with each other); however, I also assume that he probably thinks that we get a little carried away with the details at times. Of course I could be wrong.

No I think that you are right, I now that this is a refining of an almost lost art, but men were shaving long before we were born, Well maybe not me.

Originally Posted by floridaboy

No I think that you are right, I now that this is a refining of an almost lost art, but men were shaving long before we were born, Well maybe not me.

Well I sure as hell wasn't shaving with straights before I was born.
It would have made quite an ultrasound picture though...