Thread: Absolutely, positively the last word on spine taping

I think this might be either the third or fourth last word on taping that I have seen.

Here are a couple of points to consider.

First, when a third of the blade is gone from a razor, most grinds are going to be unusable anyway because you are going to be into a very thick part of the blade.

Second, let's say after 20-30 years of using your razor and honing it with tape you find that your razor with the beautiful worked spine now has too obtuse of an angle. Fine, at that point, you could easily make up for it by laying the razor flat on the hone, then slightly lifting the edge off of the hone, and doing a flattened bread-knifing stroke to grind away enough of the spine to restore the proper angle. From that point on subsequent honings would be done without tape, your razor would still have the proper angle, and you got to admire your beautiful worked spine for a good chunk of your life.