I was wondering if I could get some opinions on this situation. I just received a full Sheffield Wedge off ebay. It was pretty much shave ready EXCEPT a small portion of the blade need the back end of the blade. I would say that from the front of the blade about 95% of the way to the back end of the blade was shave ready. I stropped the blade and proceeded to shave. I have very stubborn stubble and I really liked the shave this wedge gave me. Much smoother (and much less razor burn) than many of my hollow-ground blades. Anyway my question is this:
I have ready many posts that recommend using 3 or 4 layers of tape on the spine when honing a wedge. In my case here, where MOST of the blade is shave ready, IF i wanted to bring that last end (5%) of the blade up to shave ready, would I use tape on the spine. This also leads me to ask what I should do when the time comes to touch the blade up on a hone, when it needs honing, should I use multiple layers of tape at that time? I guess there would be an easy answer to this if the whole blade needed honing but since it is already shave ready what do I do for future honing? Could adding multiple layers of tape ruin the good edge I have on the blade already if it was honed using NO tape on the spine?
Thanks!