Sharpening scratches

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Nov 3, 2010
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Nottingham
Hello just a quick question if you dont mind. I I have been sharpening my mora 511 with my dc4 and a leather strop and have been keeping it very sharp no problems with that. But i have over time built up a whole mess of thousands of srcatches on the part of the blade where it bevels. I would like to return it to a mirror finish would i need something very fine like a 6000 grit waterstone? Im not sure what grit the dc4 is equivilent to or whether its just me sharpening it wrong :confused:
 
Superfine wet and dry with washing up liquid and make sure whatever you have under the paper is perfectly smooth,
I use an old glass door off a cabinet. The washing up liquid helps remove an particals that may scratch further and helps polish. By superfine i mean anything above 2000. We use it for flatting paint on cars before the final polish.
 

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