Quote Originally Posted by StraightRazorDave View Post
As far as your own collection goes, I would definitely keep a record of which ones had tape on them during honing and which ones didn't. If you touching up a razor without using tape, but it was honed using a layer of tape, then you're not actually touching the edge of the bevel to the stone (i.e. just making it shiny near the edge, but not actually affecting how sharp it is).

If you want to keep the same bevel angle as the previous owner, I would ask them if they used tape or not. You can always just re-work the bevel using your preferred method so you know for sure if tape or no tape should be used for a touch-up.

Personally I don't use tape at all for any of my razors. It's just easier that way. There's no need to remember which ones I used tape on or not, plus I don't need to get the tape out to touch up a razor. But if I were, I would definitely write down which razors have had the tape treatment and which ones haven't, to avoid any mix-ups.

Personally I use tape on every razor so I have no doubt as to how it was honed

Either way works....