Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
I ask this only to try to help and to satisfy my curiosity. What led you to believe the 8 layers produced the "proper angle?" How did you determine the proper angle?
More of an estimate than anything, I kept putting tape on until the shape matched what I thought was missing from the steel. I was exaggerating It was actually 4 layers to be exact. Sorry for the misleading text

Believe me I appreciate any help I can get and please don't feel like your hurting my feelings, I have pretty thick skin.
I don't want to give anyone any false information in thinking they have to have that much tape on the spine, I know it's extreme but the amount of steel missing from the spine is also extreme. It's like some one previously to me tried to sharpen it on a butchers stone or a badly worn 220.

I was worried that without the tape the edge would become very wide and very fragile and the spine would wear even more.