sharpening gizmo - BIG props to Fletcher Knives!

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many many thanks for this vid:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1227438-New-sharpening-video!!!
The jig is discussed around 15 minutes into the video. Took about $30 of materials: lumber, stick-on rubber feet, screws, a strip of leather, epoxy, polishing compound, 2 clamps and some belts - a little assembly and I just sharpened 2 dull folders (M4 and Elmax) to high-polish easy-shaving consistent edges in well under 10 minutes! Not as good as his edges yet but I think practice will eventually pay off. It's the length that makes it so easy to keep a consistent angle as you draw the blade. I've been a member here for 16 years, tried every sharpening method except the really expensive guided ones, all without success, but now I can finally sharpen, whee! (I decided to use the leather as the strop - probably not as good as the strop he recommends but it was there so . . . . . . works pretty good!) Bless you Mr. Fletcher!
 

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Great video with some extremely useful information. I am right now building me a setup like your picture and the one shown in his video.

Carl
 
Thanks for linking to the video, hadn't seen that one. Did you order one of the belts discussed in the video or did you use something else?
 
I ordered some different belts bc my jig is 2.5" wide instead of 2". Got SiC belts in 200 400 600 and some 12" lengths of 1200 and 2000 sandpaper then finish on the strop. I forget what site I used but they do custom sizes and buying the belts in strips rather than connected in a loop saved money they were $2.50 per belt and abrade M4 easily.
 
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