Mirror finish sharpening

[MrTransporterG]

Hey fellas , I have a few blades that I would like to polish to mirror finish. I was looking through this site to find those of you who are the water stone sharpening zen masters. Am I looking in the right place?

Thanks!

 

[killgar]

Try here- https://bladeforums.com/forums/maintenance-tinkering-embellishment.794/

Lots of threads on sharpening and polished edges.

 

[Black Oak Bladeworks]

If I understand your question correctly, you just want the edge mirror finished Not the whole blade right?

I do my final sharpening using a flex cut strop with compound. It would not be the same as a water stone mirror finish in the process, but it’s pretty fast and somewhat similar. You can definitely get the edge sharp in a hurry. It will usually be mirror finished just from that in my experience.

 

[shinyedges]

Edge pro apex and make all your edges shinyedges

 

[CWL]

If you are just starting out, rather than investing on multiple waterstones and nagura stones, you should first try using high grit emory papers in the 800, 1200, 2000+ grits to put a mirror polish on your edges. The difference is less than $20 vs several hundred $$
Place paper on glass sheet or similar flat surface.