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I say yes, but my experience is limited on barber's hones. I always tape, but one night grabbed a barber's hone and spread lather on it to refresh during the shave, laid it flat no change in the next...

I use tape to keep wear off my spine.
200 years from now, archaeologists will find my stash of Max Sprecher Razors and deduct, "Yep, them boys used tape back then, no spine wear."