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What utopian said....but

if you have a razor that has trouble holding an edge, or you just appreciate microbeveling in general, you can do what you suggested. If you do it often, you'll incur...

No problem with tape. I've got a kikuboshi razor that I thought was junk. It can't take much of an edge without tape and it can't hold an edge that you establish more than one shave without tape.
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