Ditched the expensive ceramic stones for a piece of wet/dry sandpaper on a marble tile

I was getting fed up with uneven edges on my custom wharncliffe blades after spending $80 on a fancy stone set. Last month I taped a sheet of 1000 grit sandpaper to a flat piece of marble tile from Home Depot and the finish came out smoother than anything before. Anyone else skip the fancy gear and get better results with cheap stuff?

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miles79829d ago

lol that line about "uneven edges on my custom wharncliffe blades" hit home for me. One thing people don't really talk about is how the grit progression matters way more than the brand name on the stone. I went down this rabbit hole last year and realized that cheap sandpaper on a flat surface actually gives you more control because you can swap grits in seconds instead of cleaning a stone. The real secret nobody mentions is that you can get a mirror finish by going up to 3000 grit wet/dry and then buffing with a leather strop charged with green compound. I tried a $200 DMT stone set and still got scratch patterns that drove me nuts, but my $3 sheet of 3M sandpaper on a granite cutoff from a countertop shop gave me cleaner results than anything else. You probably already know this but make sure to keep the paper wet and change it out after every couple blades because loaded up grit scratches like crazy.

saraho4829d ago

That "more control" claim is backwards since sandpaper flexes and loads up with debris way faster than a quality stone.