Abrasive belts guide

[Pittknife]

Hi Guys,

I'm moving along in my hobby knifemaking and am going to upgrade to a 2 x 72". I'm looking at all the different belts on tru grit and it's very confusing since I'm relatively new.

I'm making knives only for myself and experimenting. Still, I would prefer to devote money to more material rather than try every grit of belt and type.

I did a bunch of searches and can't find a guide for the different type of belts.

Right now I'm primarily concerned with the finishing of the blade, satin into mirror. I know there is a lot of different definitions to satin but could any of you please point me to a guide or resource. Also, any suggestions on belts you like for the different stages would be more than helpful. Thanks

 

[John Katt]

I use blaze belts 24 through 120, then I switch to norax 100X to 5X to get to a mirror finish, for satin I use a fine scotch bright belt

 

[redd1981]

I use 60 grit blaze for roughing my bevels the 120 gator for finishing then onto hand sanding.

 

[Pittknife]

I use blaze belts 24 through 120, then I switch to norax 100X to 5X to get to a mirror finish, for satin I use a fine scotch bright belt

Thanks for the reply guys.

I saw the scotch brite belts, they are really expensive. Would you recommended them over the scotch brite wheel on the polisher?

 

[John Katt]

Would you recommended them over the scotch brite wheel on the polisher?

I've never used a wheel, Cant see any reason why it wouldnt be the same though

 

[i4Marc]

Here's a good page with descriptions.

http://trugrit.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_145_146&sort=1a&perPage=0