1x30 Sander for Getting Started

[Squashfan]

Hey, you start where you're at, right?
I have one of those- all I use it for is sharpening at the farm market, but what a lot of work it's done for the money I paid. Usaknifemakers has Norax belts, and those things are iron- used one set for an entire season, thousands of knives.
With a J-flex belt you could do some cool work.

I think I am going to give the HF sander a try. Dumb question: Which way does the belt run?

Off Topic: Which belt did you use? The 100x? I saw where the Norax belts aren't for initial grinding. Would the Blaze ceramic belts work better?