I know from youtube videos that others have used sandpaper (followed by stropping with diamond pastes on leather) to obtain mirrored edges, so that should work. My guess is that the diamond films are going to get you the results you want (removal of the scratches from the previous grit) faster than sand paper would because diamond is much more effective at cutting metal than the abrasives used on sandpaper.
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