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Now we're getting somewhere. I kinda' felt that I was going to have to get in the ring to defend myself, I'm glad things have taken a turn for the better. :)

FWIW, I happen to like the spine...

To add to this discussion I wanted to ask what you guys thought about spine thickness being created to give the correct honing angle?

My theory is that possibly way back when this was something...

Jimmy, no problem at all, no offense taken. I too would like to apologize to all if I swayed in the direction of being argumentative, it's not my intention.

Now for the next thing, I should...

Just to clarify what I meant as taping being stupid...I mean I feel it does nothing for me, makes no sense to me, and I'm sticking to what I know.

I also think that someone could easily get a...

Tim Zowada is a knifemaker/razormaker who I would guess uses tape on the spines of his new razors to avoid obvious spine wear. This isn't so different from knifemakers who don't sharpen their...

Yeah Chris that's exactly my thoughts on the situation.

I can clearly see and understand the situation but not when usng the hanging strop as it's not as easy to see what's really going on. All...

Well since starting this thread I've had a chance to hone quite a few razors and just for the sake of learning I decided to tape the spine on most all of them, just to see if there was any effect one...

I reworked a really bad hone job on an old Frederick Reynolds (near true) wedge last night and to be truthful the thought of using tape was creeping from the back to the front of my mind the further...

I read that the other day, interesting ideas.

Thanks for the input guys.

That makes sense Matthew, I'd probably do the same thing, at least with regards to keeping a razor looking good if that's what I'm trying to do.

Wow, just read that linked to thread, big time emotions on this subject, huh? :)

Well I don't want to stir the pot or anything but I still have questions....

My interest in the history of...

I've been reading a lot on honing on all of the razor forums and keep seeing references to taping the spine. It seems that people are either looking to preserve appearance (say on a new damascus...