Thread: Some rather basic questions...

Trimmy the issue is not really whether to tape or not. In this case he has damaged the spine because he didn't. What he fails to recognize is that he is contradicting his own statement of "first principles" by completely ruining both ends of the equation. The spine is no longer a constant thickness and neither is the bevel. So what he has now is an angle of varying degrees. Is this a better situation than having less angle by using tape? No. His answer is to hollow the razor more. WRONG The answer would be (according to his own process of thinking) to even the thickness of the spine and match the edge to that. This way his coveted first principle would be back to where he started, well almost. If he would have bread knifed the chips out and then proceeded to hone the bevel back he would have fewer problems than he does now. This is where he went wrong. What we have here , is a failure to communicate :<0)

Nigel, seeing as you seem to have this all figured out, let me ask you......
What is the optimum angle of a razors bevel?
What tolerances in the angle are acceptable in a razor capable of giving a fine shave ?
Is there a chart showing the measurements which will easily help me achieve this angle or at the very least a formula ?
In your figures, how much would you have decreased the angle had you used tape ?
I mean you figured this all out right ?
IMO your 2 dimensional thinking is holding you back from solving a 3 dimensional problem.

Maybe we should invite Riemann880 to this thread and he could help explain it :<0)