The title asks the questions. After I am done sharpening my knives on my stones, I take a piece of 1500 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper I have affixed to a flat surface and use it to polish the edge I have just sharpened. It seems to make the blade cut more smoothly. Does anyone else do this or something similar?
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Sandpaper to polish blade edge?
- Thread starter cosine
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Sure I either use the scary sharp system from HandAmerican or the 3000 and 4000 grit paper with my edge pro system.
Bill DeShivs
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I use a jeweler's hand lap, which is basically a flat piece of wood covered with 4/0 grade abrasive paper. 4/0 is about 2000 grit. Anything finer seems to be overkill. I have an extremely fine synthetic ruby stone that will literally mirror polish, but stopped using it years ago.
Bill
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