Quote Originally Posted by BHChieftain View Post
It sounds like you are talking about using tape to get a double-bevel vs. using tape to protect the spine.

I used to use tape for the double bevel effect, and it worked, but I really wanted to get the blade just as sharp with a single bevel. So I went back to the drawing board, and reset my razors with a single bevel (no tape).

I'm able to get great edges with a single bevel off the coticule now, using the dillution method. It just takes me a *lot* longer to get there (single bevel=larger bevel...). For my 1/4 wacker, it probably takes me an hour dilluting down the slurry, then I do about 200 strokes with just water. The process is much faster on my full hollow Dovo.

-Chief
+1. That's what I thought too. I use a layer of tape if I am doing the unicot method of honing on a coticule, which introduces a double-bevel. But if I hone by slowly diluted the slurry, as Chief mentioned above, then I don't use a layer of tape. So it really depends what method of honing I am doing on my coticule. If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's all here: http://coticule.be/CSA.html.

EDIT: The 2 methods described above also work for starting with X layers of tape and leaving it on throughout the entire process (through slurry dilution), or adding an additional layer (X+1 layers) of tape to create the double bevel as in the the unicot method of honing on a coticule.