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THis chip is only 15% of the bevel (.004"). I don't think you really need to tape for one this small. In fact, you may even save some material because you don't need to correect the bevel angles.

A nick that size should have shown up in the thumbnail test. You would have felt the razor jump slightly as the chip passed.

You don't grind the blade for a microchip. You can work it out with...