Quote Originally Posted by brooksie967 View Post
All i Know is that if i spend big $$$ on a razor and i CAN hone it with tape and achieve an excellent shave, then i'm going to do so rather than scratch up pretty steel! Especially with goldwashing/spine work on some fancier stuff, I think tape preserves the razor to a certain extent. That's why I use it no matter the honing i'm doing, touchup or otherwise.
I get that, I got no problem with taping, especially when honing NOS, brand new, decorated spine and so on, but an old well honed razor got a charm of it own.