What's the deal with tape?
I've always honed my razors on an old brown Belgium Coticule that was given to me by a barber. He also showed me how to use it and he never mentioned tape. I've never had to reset a bevel either but I see that coming soon since I want to get into restorations. I've watched a ton of videos and so many of them talk about using tape to protect the spine from hone wear and more tape to alter angles slightly. Every video is a bit different from the others and I'm thoroughly confused.
When do you use tape and when don't you use tape?