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Highest grit sharpening stone?

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bownarra:
Look into the 'scary sharp' system. The 3M papers are brilliant. The finest 0.3 micron lapping film  is equivalent to something like 60,000 grit :)
I still like my waterstones though. 200 grit to 1000 grit then strop, with compound and then without.

Bryce:

--- Quote from: RyanY on March 09, 2021, 12:20:21 pm ---Lowest I use is 220 unless I’m starting the edge. I have a 1000/6000 combo stone that works well. I use a strop after with green compound that gets it pretty sharp.

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Same here 200-6000 then good ole leather to finish it off

Mesophilic:
Generally I go 120, 220, 320, 400, followed by stropping with green compound.  I find it to be a somewhat toothy edge that cuts better and lasts longer than a multi thousand grit edge.

With some of the more modern super steels I will add 600 and 1000 grits to the process. 

With the exception of straight razors, I hardly ever use my Shapton stones that go up to 10K grit, just not worth the time.

pumarchery:
Got 1200,1000,600,400,280,180 haidu stones, they're ok. Generally don't need the finer ones much for tools, only when I want it to be crazy sharp.

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