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That layer of tape for just the final polish changes the angle by a small fraction of a degree, and just focuses the final hone's action on the final edge. With my hand lens I see a polish line about...

That makes sense, keeping the wear even at edge and spine. Some folks (myself included, recently) want to keep the spine wear minimal, though. The habit I'm getting into is, with a blade I haven't...

OK, that makes sense. Sounds kinda ballsy, to gamble on matching the eventual unflexed bevel with a flexed one. I'll have to furrow my brow a while to see how this differs from taping for the final...

Congrats and thanks for telling how you progressed.

You say you removed the tape at 4k; that confuses me. If I do anything new with tape midhone, I add it before the 12k to get a microbevel. But...