I don't believe it is smooth enough. I also believe it doesn't have the abrasion resistance of the plain packing tape. I finished my Henckel Set last night and when I pulled the tape of the last three razors it was all still shiny and smooth no wear visible(only used 6k/8k/thuri). Only the heavy repeated passes on 1k while setting the bevel has proven to abrade the packing tape and IMO it is less wear than occurs on electric tape.