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If on your second attempt you taped the spine just for the bevel set 3K hone, then removed it for the rest of the hones you would have had to do extra work to actually set a new bevel. By removing...

Yup, I think you came to the wrong conclusion on the tape vs naked spine effects on sharpness. All using tape does is make a very minute difference to the bevel angle. It has no influence on whether...