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Scott Daniels's avatar

Great article. I often use a similar product: self adhesive diamond lapping film (used to polish hard drive heads) to sharpen my chisels and plane irons. I have Japanese water stones and some coarse DMT diamond plates in the shop, but I seem to always want to work with the film. It works great.

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David Egerton-Warburton's avatar

Thanks Walter,

1. how thick are your glass sheets,

2. is your sand paper wet &. Dry sandpaper?

3. Do you use water when honing?

Cheers David

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Walter Egon's avatar

1. 6 mm

2. Not really 'sandpaper', rather a polyester film with adhesive on one side and AluminiumOxide on the other.

https://workshopheaven.com/hand-tools/sharpening/scary-sharpening/

https://www.fine-tools.com/alox-finishing-film.html

https://www.fine-tools.com/alox-lapping-film.html

3. No, I use Baby Oil (mineral oil / 'vaseline oil') thinned with white spirit.

Happy New Year!

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David Egerton-Warburton's avatar

Thanks & Happy New Year

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