Thread: Question on taping a wedge

Originally Posted by simpleman

Except for a true wedge. The reason ive ask is concerning that doubl duck ive honed down to a true wedge.

Here is the problem,,, You are not dealing with a true wedge, trust me here they are rare, you are dealing with a worn out spine
So you cannot add metal back on that spine, so you are going to have to add tape or toss the razor...

It is going to take about 3 layers to get it about right...

Here is a honing trick for bad worn spines...

Use the fact that tape wears down to your advantage instead of as a disadvantage...
Put one layer of tape on the spine, start honing, after you have established a good wear pattern on that tape, so that you would normally be ready to toss it and change it out STOP...
Put on another layer right over the worn tape, with your razor maybe two...

Hone as normal, never take the half worn piece off until you are done, it serves to even out the spine, now you are honing on an even surface with the next layer, or two in your case...

Try it, it should work for you, that is if the razor is real special to ya, myself at that amount of work, I would be thinking new razor...