Touching up Str8 honed with taped spine?!?
First off, How do after a long time of my being off the SRP site!!
I was trying to touch up one of my Str8's with a barber hone, not having much luck , and then one heck of a bloody thought came to me[happens sometimes, not often though], if the honemiester that put the edge on a Str8 used one or two layers of PVC tape when setting the bevel and polishing up the blade, would that naturaly mean that the geometry of the bevel need you to tape the spine when useing a barber hone?? Otherwise it would seem to this humble reporter that the edge would not contact the hone while X-stroking for touchups. And conversely, when you recieve your razor back from the person who hones it up, if the spine is taped, shouldn't there include a note saying touch ups should be done with the spine taped? Or am I just making another mound out of a molehill?? Inquiring minds want to know[mine!]
Also, as an aside, did our most vererable Sense' Lynn A. Move from Medina OH, permenantly? Thought I saw a different address on one of his reply's to someones thread.
I thank you all for your time with my ramblings, take your time and have a great day started with a nice slow wet shave, of course!!
At your service, tinkersd of SRP.
Thank you for your answer!!
I do appreciate your input bud, and I think you right about not haveing to worry about stropping if a honed blade was tapped or not. But I wasn't trying to copmplain about sending out Str8's to this honemiester or that one, just trying to work through all the varios S.N.F.U.'s that can hinder and confuse both the novice[like myself] and somtimes the experianced wet shaver. I think the last blade I had trouble with was my fault in that I never thought to touch up the edge after it became a bit of a puller while shaving. Finally doped it out[dope being the OPERATIVE word] and taped the edge for much more satisfactory results, just some more of the ramblings of an ageing and decrepid citizen.
Thank you all for always being there to bounce my
ideas and thoughts off of, tinkersd of SRP.