Originally Posted by
Jimbo
This stuff is not rocket science. Is there a part of the razor that you do not want abraded for some reason? Tape that part. Don't care? Don't use tape. Bevel angles, blade geometries, molecular structure of the polymer chains used in the tape ..... none of that is important for everyday honing.
Traditionally coticules were/are used as touch up stones (I've heard many old-time barbers in Australia call them a "Barber's yellow -or Belgian- stone", and have been told by same that they were used much like the Barber's hones), so I am not surprised tape was never mentioned.
James.