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274441 Claudio DeLorenzi <claudio@d...> 2021‑08‑28 Re: Waterstone advice
The jump between 6000 and 8000 is minuscule.  I doubt you could detect the
difference in the cut.  You should only get an intermediate stone if you
have issues removing the scratches from the 1000 stone with the 8000.  If
you only use the 8k for a small microbevel, then I doubt that's the case?
If you are polishing the entire face, then the 3k might help as an
intermediate step.   The 'steps' between the effects of abrasives isn't
linear: the difference between 800 to 2000 is much greater than 4k to 8k
even though numerical difference (1200 between 0.8k to 2k is smaller than
4k between 4k and 8k).
Cheers
Claudio

It seems like the jump from 1000 to 8000 is pretty large, so I’m thinking a

Recent Bios FAQ