Thread: Taping the spine

Originally Posted by ItalianBarber77

T.When I found the forums for discussions on all things shaving, I have simply never seen any discussion regarding the Pre-tape Era which has always interested my curiosity when it comes to restoration of the tool.

Really ???? never seen a discussion ???


http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...honed-day.html



That is is just one, by simply doing a simple search on here you can find Dozens on that topic,, and 100's about Taping and the general aspects


Hence the "Dead Horse" emoji posted when it started again

Now if you want a re-hash that is fine, but trust me there are quite a few well done threads about it that will bring a ton of ideas to the convo

Aloha!

I'm a real babe in the woods when it comes to Honing as I've only just started. But from all the videos I watched and all the discussion I read about this subject here, there and everywhere on the internet, I decided to tape my razors EXCEPT for the Gold Dollar, my very first honing practice razor. Many of the articles I read and some of the guys I saw in vids recommended not to tape a Gold Dollar in order to get the bevel set correctly. And since I got the cheap Gold Dollar for free when I bought my travel strop (it was included as a free gift for buying the strop), what do I really care about the spine anyway?

So I'm taping my spines. I'm way too new to honing to worry about the nuances of tape VS no tape at present. Perhaps in a year or two I will have the honing knowledge to know what I don't even know I don't know now.

-Zip

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Really ???? never seen a discussion ???


http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...honed-day.html



That is is just one, by simply doing a simple search on here you can find Dozens on that topic,, and 100's about Taping and the general aspects


Hence the "Dead Horse" emoji posted when it started again

Now if you want a re-hash that is fine, but trust me there are quite a few well done threads about it that will bring a ton of ideas to the convo

As soon as I saw the title and noted the last post was from Glen...

I KNEW GLEN WOULD BE KEEPING IT REAL!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Really ???? never seen a discussion ???


http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...honed-day.html



That is is just one, by simply doing a simple search on here you can find Dozens on that topic,, and 100's about Taping and the general aspects


Hence the "Dead Horse" emoji posted when it started again

Now if you want a re-hash that is fine, but trust me there are quite a few well done threads about it that will bring a ton of ideas to the convo

Wow. Honestly, I am a good deal embarrassed. Thanks for your help! I guess I was never putting in the right search words to come up with anything pre-tape.

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Originally Posted by ItalianBarber77

OK - Yes, old post - and here I am revving it up with a "Reply", well, it's more a question to the topic, and so, why start a new thread, when this is the topic I want to discuss. Ready? - - What about before the time of tape? Before Dow Chemical made 3M, or Scotch 3M, or any adhesive films were ever made, straight razors were being manufactured, and correct me if I might be in err here, but chunks of mountains were being mined and smoothed and used to set these edges keen once more, by medieval men! -- -- So, what does anyone think about honing a "with tape" method, before there WAS tape to apply to the blade? Does this imply the TRUE method desired by cutlers and blacksmiths and razor makers all through those times? - That you simply apply blade to stone, and there you go!? Hone away! I lean to believe, Yes. That without the invention of tape, a blade was honed. How it was honed, wedges easily predate the hollow grind styles due to pure simplicity of design of blade, and thus ease of technique...
What say you, good forum trolls/moderators, and mentors?

Well to the troll, or whoever wants to know, tape is just a tool use it r not, but in the old days they just ground the hell out of their razors and we are fixing the geometry issue by using a tool at our disposal. And wth all the guys getting into the honing craze they tend to over home and he tape saves what is a nice razor , not to mention the custom razors that you would like to protect. In the old days they didn't have cars and planes either. It's called progress. End of explanation. Tc

To add why I like to use tape when it is not really necessary.
Aside from protecting the spine, I like to feel and hear the edge on the stone and not the spine. Simple as that.

YMMV

Originally Posted by sharptonn

To add why I like to use tape when it is not really necessary.
Aside from protecting the spine, I like to feel and hear the edge on the stone and not the spine. Simple as that.

YMMV

I'm with Tom I tape everything and a pet hate of mine I really dislike the sound of a untaped spine on the hones I personally like and use the feedback I pick up from just the bevel.