Hand rubbing ricasso... AFTER putting the guard on

I got a box of shims at the hardware store. They're either wood or the last bunch was some sort of sawdust/plastic composit. They work great for this sort of thing. They're about an inch wide by six inches long tapering from about 1/4" to 1/16". Glue the paper on them and just use the very end. As the paper gets dull. Take it over to the belt grinder and take a little off the end exposing new paper. I got that from Dan Farr except I think he used thin aluminum stock. I like that idea about the aluminum tape to protect the ricasso. Have to try that. Thanks,
Ed
 
Wulf-- This has been the best post and question in a long time.
A VERRRRRY big thanks to all the good sugestions, on how to clean this up, Things just got easier.
 
A lot of good suggestions here - thanks everyone for chiming in. Just to follow up, I ended up using razor blades and it seems to have worked out OK.

Here's the knife, by the way

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The razor blade trick has worked for me.

Are you all freaked out yet? :) You do realize, they use calipers and 4X loops in that little room, don't you?;)

Nice looking knife, Man!
 
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