Quote Originally Posted by Bbr6704 View Post
I think I will never understand the "taping" method... I mean, it's not, IMHO a good way to keep a razor in good shape, cause you change the edge angle, and of course, if that's not important when a razor is new (only a very minor angle change), it becomes more important when you've honed your razor several times, or if you had a chick on the blade : the more steel you remove, the more your angle will be changed...

Of course, I presume the impact is less important if you only hone rarely, for maintainig your razor in good shape.

But IMHO I prefer a razor with honewear but with a correct bevel and edge, than a spine with no honewear but with a modified edge... (Of course that's my personnal opinion).
Well actually, the spine and edge will wear at different rates so your bevel angle changes slightly whether or not you tape. Probably wouldn't matter enough either way to make a shaving difference. So tape users do as you like, non-tape users do what you like. And everyone have a wonderful day!