Thread: Found a reason to tape a blade.

I think I found a reason to tape the spine.

First the razor that enlightened me. Looking at the
pix I guess I should have wiped the bit of the soap off a bit better.


Now here is the reason for using tape on this blade .....

That is a beauty! Congrats and I am sure it will shave as good as it looks! For sure the Gold Wash will look better on the blade than the hone.
Mike

Hi,
I have a Dovo with a similar goldwash, but it cleverly does *not* have any actual gold wash at the point where the spine would be touching the hone (from the picture, yours looks the same way). I bet you don't need tape for that razor if your objective were to protect the wash.

-Chief

Originally Posted by BHChieftain

Hi,
I have a Dovo with a similar goldwash, but it cleverly does *not* have any actual gold wash at the point where the spine would be touching the hone (from the picture, yours looks the same way). I bet you don't need tape for that razor if your objective were to protect the wash.

-Chief

You are correct.

There is a minor risk when rolling the
blade over at the end of the hone to touch
the back on the hone. A practiced cautious
hand would have no problem as you note.

To this end if I purchased this blade new
and it arrived with a note stated some thing
like "shave ready, honed with one layer of tape
to protect the spine" I would be a happy guy.

Happy for two reasons: First is the respect for "new"
that the vendor shows and second respect
to me by way of informing how the bevel was set
so I could continue to maintain it in a like way.

Bottom line.
Some blades are "purdy" and I like to keep them
that way when I can.

Great looking blade, especially that one piece horn handle. What is the balance like?

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

Happy for two reasons: First is the respect for "new"
that the vendor shows and second respect
to me by way of informing how the bevel was set
so I could continue to maintain it in a like way.

Bottom line.
Some blades are "purdy" and I like to keep them
that way when I can.

No disagreement there. Some folks want to avoid any spine wear, period.

PS, nice rock in the background!

-Chief