Thread: To tape or not to tape, that is the question.

Yep way too much thought. I will and I won't. It just depends.

Oh, you guys are funny. Probably shave by using good Karma.

I used to tape all the time, but quit because I am lazy and I would always forget to tape when I touched up the razor.

Originally Posted by ace

"Make a choice and deal with it..."

Fair enough! Now, where's my tape?

Dude, you are killin me!!!!!!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Way to much thought, and effort in here, as usual LOL

Tape if ya want, don't tape if ya want, it really is that simple...

Lynn doesn't tape, Max and I do, I don't know really what all the other guys that hone and restore do, but I really think it is a personal choice....

I used to have a whole list of pluses that I used to post every single time this topic came up, but now I just figure each person can do or ask for what they want done... And I do have a few customers that specifically ask for "no tape", that is their choice, and it makes not one bit of difference to me when I am honing...

To Tape or not to Tape is not the question, it is but a simple decision see I is a poet and don't know it,


BTW This is the top portion of the letter I send home with the razor...

How your razor was honed

I have started to include this letter with all my razors….
Unless otherwise requested all razors are taped with one layer of 3M #700 electrical tape while on the stones…. Yes I know there are 2 opposite camps on this, but they are not my razors, and I am not going to scratch them up….

They do not need to be taped on any kind of strop, only if you go back to a hone….and even then about 20 laps will erase the taped bevel on a 4k hone…

Does that mean I shouldn't start a thread on which kind of tape is the best one to use?

This subject has been so beat up over the years, that I am astounded anyone would yet start another thread on it. I may not be able to get a razor as sharp and smooth as Glen, but the amount of hone wear I put on one is virtually negligible. Most of the real hone wear that I see on razors comes from new honesters who spend way too much time on the hones or on one that has been on a wheel or belt or simply abused over the years.

In my opinion taping is purely a personal preference, but it can cause just as much problem as not on a razor with a flattened and uneven spine which may or may not be the same on both sides. With tape you still have all that uneven wear showing on the bevel uless you use multiple layers or huge rolling X strokes.

I do agree with taping Damascus razors or spine or razors that need a lot of steel taken off the edge for repairs, but this is my personal preference. All I can say is that I have honed and hone more than most and don't see the need.

Have fun,

Lynn

For those who are not getting enough 'action' in this thread, do an advanced search with the keywords, "tape the spine" ( with quotation marks) in the honing forum and you will have 20 pages going back to 2006.

Shaaazaaam!

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

For those who are not getting enough 'action' in this thread, do an advanced search with the keywords, "tape the spine" ( with quotation marks) in the honing forum and you will have 20 pages going back to 2006.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Shaaazaaam!

583 results on a google search for "tape spine site:straightrazorplace.com" Right on Ben !!!

Well, I've finally made it onto Google. I've got that going for me now!