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A taped spine will pull the pastes off a paddle, at least if you use electrical tape. At least it did on mine, fortunately I noticed this before it did much damage.

Maybe if you used masking tape or packing tape you might get crud clogging your hones, but the electrical tape leaves nothing sticking to your hones; any plastic that abrades off the tape is in the...

One of my favorite razors is a frameback with a brass spine (I suspect it's a wartime model). This soft spine can't handle the hone at all, so it gets tape even for a 2 or 3 lap refresh on the...

The tape is there to protect the spine if you've got serious honing to do like taking out a nick or setting a new bevel on an ebay razor, but even then I think most guys take it off once they leave...