Trip Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 ==>The gritty truth is that there is no truth in grit. Well, there is truth in grit, but little in Marketing departments... If a stone says it's '4000' grit, it probably is -- but which 4000 may be the key... ==>just getting it outThe best place to start-out is getting one of the texts from Lee, LN or Hock... 99% of sharpening information on the internet is twaddle and should be ignored. One of the few exceptions is Ron Hock's Sharpening Blog: https://hocktools.wordpress.com/If you're a video kind of guy, then the Charlesworth or Schwarz DVD's are worth a look... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponderingturtle Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 So, those using sandpaper to flatten your stones, what paper do you use? I read one post from a guy that ran his stones up to 600 grit. Seems a bit obsessive.I would think this would very much depend on the stone. Something friable like a water stone it is entirely unnessacary. If you are flattening a black Arkansas stone it might be useful to give it a more polished surface before turning it to the steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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