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I very much agree with what @Slash McCoy has said above. A SR is a tool with which to shave and spine wear is just part of the result of bevel/edge maintenance. Under normal maintenance, blade edge and spine should wear about evenly. That keeps the bevel angle constant throughout the life of the blade.
Be that as it may and not withstanding the foregoing, honing with a taped spine when you need to remove a lot of metal before actually getting to set the bevel is preferred by me. It does slightly increase the bevel angle that you would have developed if you had not use tape initially.
I would rather first hone with tape (initially) and then see if the bevel angle was to my liking. If I then found that the bevel angle was too obtuse for my liking, I would then hone with a taped edge to reduce the spine thickness to my preferred calculated bevel angle. I believe that this gives me more control over the final result.
Be that as it may and not withstanding the foregoing, honing with a taped spine when you need to remove a lot of metal before actually getting to set the bevel is preferred by me. It does slightly increase the bevel angle that you would have developed if you had not use tape initially.
I would rather first hone with tape (initially) and then see if the bevel angle was to my liking. If I then found that the bevel angle was too obtuse for my liking, I would then hone with a taped edge to reduce the spine thickness to my preferred calculated bevel angle. I believe that this gives me more control over the final result.