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Adhesive backed abrasive paper/sand paper? Locally I mean, I'm looking to pick some up tonight so I can get this done.

After a month of owning my current EDC knife with very, very light use, it was put to work of the past few days cutting open all those boxes and packages, so I decided it was time to touch up the blade on the sharpmaker. I had read many times that the current run of most Spyderco knives come with 30 degree edge angles and I was planning on using the 30* setting on the sharpmaker. Colored the edge with a marker and went at it, only to find I had some reprofiling to do. One side only took a few min to do before I had removed all the marker from the edge, but the other side must have been 25* or something, I went at it for 2 hours (knowing what I was getting myself into) on the brown rods and I'm at the point where it doesn't seem like I'm taking anymore of the shoulder off and I'm stuck with about a mm of the old edge on there.
 
I just use regular sandpaper and nail it onto a 2x4 (nails on the side or bottom of the 2x4 of course) when I need a sharpening stone and my carborundum isn't around...
 
You might find sanding disks at the local hardware store that are adhesive backed.
 
It's difficult to get truly-flat adhesive-backed abrasive papers. There are usually wrinkles in the adhesive film backing. This isn't important if your honing stroke is edge-trailing, but may result in cutting into the abrasive paper on edge-forward strokes.

A very convenient mounting is using large binder-clips at each end of the abrasive strips, binding the paper to a wood backing. This makes easy work of replacing abrasive strips.

I use the HandAmerican Scary Sharp system, securing the abrasive strips to the platen with Avery (REMOVABLE) Glue Stix (OfficeMax, Staples, etc.). Some fumbling and experimentation is required for good stiction - perhaps including some seconds in a microwave. Paper stays flat and allows edge-forward honing strokes. Note that REMOVABLE is a good thing.

Hope this helps!
 
I found some 3M Temp Adhesive at Jo Ann Fabrics the other day. Spray it on and let it sit for a minute, and it makes a post-it note like adhesive.
 
Yes... 3M Spray Adhesive and a piece or three of 1/4" plate glass. You have it cut the size that's comfortable for you to sharpen on. Clean it with Windex etc., spray a light coat of 3m on the back of your standard wet/dry sandpapr, stick it on, and you're set. Automotive stores, especially, will usually sell the greatest range of wet/dry paper. For my chisels, I use 220, 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 2800, 4000, 6000. I don;t use them all, of course, I just backtrack down to 28 or 4000 when I want to touch up the edge.

One thing: if you use this method (spray adhesive), use care when applying grits 2000 and above. You don;t want even the slightest bubble in your paper that will interfere with your edge. At 2000 and above, your edge will be like a mirror (chisels, I say. I'm too scared to sharpen my knives this way)
 
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