edge protection?

[WadePatton]

Didn't see any relevant search results, so:

Is there any method of protecting the edge when rescaling or other shop work? I'm afraid that tape would be too much, unless it were soaked off maybe.

How about that hot-dip stuff that protects new machine tools and cutters-and other high-carbon precision surfaces?



oh wait, i'm going to tape a slit soda straw over the edge...whoohoo, that caffeine is kickin'


Here's the backstory: You buy a pile of rusty razors from where ever, and AS Glen teaches us, you start by working the edge down to a clean bevel before you spend a lot of effort fixing scales or otherwise restoring razor. That way you don't fix up a razor that isn't worth fixing.

TO that end I have a fantastic edge on one that I MUST rescale, and as a neophyte honer, i fear for that great edge*. (I'm not exactly sure how i got it...it just happened-which leads me to my first rule for the ADD honer--WRITE IT DOWN! so that you might be able to repeat the process without too much guesswork)

*which i did ding on the way to the strops originally, and had to return to the stones--oh wait that's a clue.

thanks. I have some wood to shape.