That is such a newb question . . . Ha! Just kidding. It kind of is a waste of time, but it's also kind of efficient too. I actually think you should just keep playing each razor as it comes and forget about questions that lead to recipes for honing. Those always eventually fail you. The variety of actions you are doing for bevel geometry should follow some sort of logic. If you read Glen's post carefully you should see the logic there. I like the idea of starting without tape and the adding tape. I think honing with both slurry and tape sounds "messy". I would also say that a solid bevel set shouldn't be accomplished using tape. That's all just a theory of efficiency. In practice taping from the beginning and with slurry works just fine too. Over time what really needs to be developed is understanding what slurry and tape are actually accomplishing and knowing when to apply each and why. To me it's like asking the question: is it better to paint a house with a roller or a small brush and which order is preferred? And I would say "yes", exactly. My only practical caution would be that with both tape and slurry you'd be imposing two "flexible" variables with honing. I prefer to keep the flexible component to stropping alone. Honing is all about imparting strict bevels at the proper geometry (and for beginners being able to repeat each stroke exactly the same in order to impart that geometry accurately).

If you hone with tape, on slurry, with a hone pivoting on a towel I think the razor might explode!