I agree with Dylan. Balsa is soft like a nerf razor. Soft and yielding. Tape is thin, thin like ice. Taken together, these two points lead us to conclude that taping ice with nerf razors thins balsa.

But on a more serious note, the best thing to do to resolve this debate is to try it with and without tape, and check under a microscope whether a second bevel appears or not. I think.

James.