Thread: taping he spine

Originally Posted by Matt69

I'm still pretty new to honing, and after producing some very uneven wear to the spine on a practice razor I've always used tape.

One thing I do which might help other beginners: peel off the tape carefully and straighten it out - examining it when it's flat shows very clearly if you are toe-heavy or heel heavy, or if (as in my case) I was using different pressures on the towards and away strokes.

Excellent observation. and quite true

Originally Posted by Alucard73

I've used tape several times and it did what it was meant to do but i think that if we are going to use the razor the way it was made to be used why not sharpen it the way it was made to be sharpened,i always get better edges without tape and i have a few with a lot of spine wear and large bevels,the angles stay the same as the razor wears and my ocd is satisfied with that but that's just the way i look at it

But, If you put wear on the spine isn't that changing the original angle as well?

Originally Posted by Alucard73

I've used tape several times and it did what it was meant to do but i think that if we are going to use the razor the way it was made to be used why not sharpen it the way it was made to be sharpened,i always get better edges without tape and i have a few with a lot of spine wear and large bevels,the angles stay the same as the razor wears and my ocd is satisfied with that but that's just the way i look at it

Originally Posted by Johnus

How do we know that it wasn't meant to be taped right from the start?? I'm not sure that it was designed to lose part of its spine to honing. ??

Originally Posted by stingray

But, If you put wear on the spine isn't that changing the original angle as well?

Myself I would take the time to test those theories

http://straightrazorpalace.com/advan...-theories.html

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Wow! I need to get into the tape business!

I can see doing this with a razor that needs considerable work, but I cant see doing this with the average razor. To each his own, I will allow you your eccentricities if I can keep mine. As if I had any.LOL

Hehe, if you find that eccentric I got a story or two for you that will make your toes curl...

Originally Posted by tiddle

To each his own...but that eccentric tape really is a hassle to work with....waka waka waka

I think I'm going to switch to VHS my results with this Betamax tape are sub-standard