Thread: Taping the spine

My original comment, eluded to professional sharpeners, and they were everywhere, and some that traveled. They would repair razors that had been damaged, regrind ones that were badly worn, and do it all with minimal wear. If you look around here, you will find new guys that bought into the nomtape theory before their first honing, then stuffed one or more perfectly good razors trying to figure out how to hone. Without having training or jobsite mentors and using internet videos you can get on the wrong foot super fast. There is a lot more to the technique than rubbing a razor on a stone. It is kind of like playing a musical instrument, in that there is a little more going on than strumming and fingering a keyboard. Once someone really gets the hang of honing and understands torque and wear, tape is optional. Up until that point you are literally putting decades of premature wear on razors. It is not rocket science, but the is a little to be learned.