on sandpaper? Obviously, 1000G would take longer than 300G, but just give me an estimate.
How are you getting the sand paper to lay flat?
Wet the back and stick it to a flat surface? Works great.
I'm interested to hear how well this works too. If lapping films work for polishing, why not wet/dry for setting a bevel?
Sorry guys I should have been more specific.
Let's say I'm talking about a wedge with no chips or frowns.
sorry for reviving an old thread, but i have a question about setting the bevel with sandpaper. Does the edge goes to the side im moving towards? like it would on a waterstone?
The trick I use is this: I run the razor once, edge down, over a glass object (a beer bottle or so). That renders the very edge just below a keenness to shave my arm hair. Because a convex bevel doesn't make contact with the surface of a hone at its very tip, the razor can not regain any keennes before the bevel is fully flattened and developed. As soon as the razor starts to shave my arm hair again (I check along the entire edge), there is no doubt that the bevel is ready for the actual honing part of the sharpening job.