While stropping the other evening, I starting to think about the effect that stopping has on the edge created by honing which then progressed to taping spines and the effect which has piqued my curiosity some. I am going to try to explain my curiosity as best as I can .... please bear with me!

From all that I have read, when using a taped spine while honing the geometry of the edge is altered slightly from a non-taped spine. Then taking it one step further, using multiple layers of tape in succession to create a double bevel will alter this geometry even more.

When stropping, you lay the blade flat on the strop and strop using only the weight of the blade.

Now that I am beyond the obvious, I am curious on what effect, if any, the edge "sees" when stropping a razor that was honed using tape on the spine? Is the difference in edge geometry from a taped spine so insignificant that stropping will still properly align the edge? What if anything will it do to a double bevel? Will the edge actually touch the strop or again is the diff so insignificant that it doesn't change anything? Am I even making sense?

Cheers,

Rick