what would they be.
preface all this by saying i'm brand new and unable to find this info searching. i've messed around with files and a HF 1x30, small bench grinders etc and i just bought a craftsman 2x42. i'm hoping for input from those in the know what grit and type belts you would use for general purpose, start to finish knife making. i'm starting slow and don't feel like throwing around $200 on belts quite yet when i don't really know what i'm doing.
say you have $50 or even $100 to spend on abrasives and you were me, what would you buy and why? 1 each of 36, 80, 150, 220, 320? is only having 1 each going to piss me off when i burn through the first one in 5 minutes? ceramic or alum oxide zirconia? mixture of both? norton or 3m or XXX?
i'll be using 1084 steel and playing with my own heat treating some and also a little bit of 1095 and sending it out if that matters in the way of hardness.
thanks in advance.
preface all this by saying i'm brand new and unable to find this info searching. i've messed around with files and a HF 1x30, small bench grinders etc and i just bought a craftsman 2x42. i'm hoping for input from those in the know what grit and type belts you would use for general purpose, start to finish knife making. i'm starting slow and don't feel like throwing around $200 on belts quite yet when i don't really know what i'm doing.
say you have $50 or even $100 to spend on abrasives and you were me, what would you buy and why? 1 each of 36, 80, 150, 220, 320? is only having 1 each going to piss me off when i burn through the first one in 5 minutes? ceramic or alum oxide zirconia? mixture of both? norton or 3m or XXX?
i'll be using 1084 steel and playing with my own heat treating some and also a little bit of 1095 and sending it out if that matters in the way of hardness.
thanks in advance.