I decided to break out the Norton and give it a try on my Clauss, the less pretty of my three razors. I lapped the Norton on waterpaper like it says in the instructions and then started with a few passes on the 4000 side followed with probably 30+ passes on the 8000 side. I then stropped it and it passed the hanging hair test. I shaved with it tonight and it was good, not as smooth as my Henckels, but I doubt it would be anyway. Anyhow I was wondering how I could keep it from getting hone wear on the spine? I heard of taping the spine, but what type of tape do you guys use? I tried electrians tape and it seemed to grab on the hone, so I took it off and honed the razor without tape. Also wouldn't having the extra thickness of the tape on the spine effect the bevel??