Thread: Honing with a taped spine

I am not sure whether this should have gone in the honing forum or the strop one but here goes:

I have finally managed to hone a wedge to the point of shaving, by putting a single layer of tape on the spine. This is not a vital point to my post, I just can't help telling people that I have honed my first razor!!!

I know that from here on in, every time this razor touches a hone, I will need to put the tape back on. What I am not sure of is whether I need to do this every time I strop the razor? Or whether there are any differences in technique for stropping a razor that has been honed with the spine taped? And going a little deeper, whether there are any further differences or indeed preferences for a hanging strop over a paddle when the taped spine is used?

So many questions......

First, congrats on honing your first, of what I'm sure will be many, razor!

Second, the flex in a leather strop will more than compensate for increased angle induced by the taped spine. So there is really no need for taping the spine when stropping, or even if you use paste on your strop for a bit of high grit polishing (although note the latter will create, generally, a convex edge).

James.

Here is one thread that addresses taping the spine.

Here is another on tape or not with the strop.

Congrats on honing your wedge !

Many thanks to you both. That clears it up perfectly.



It also means I have more work to perfect my stropping technique, but that is great to know.
And I thought stropping would be the easy part!