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cbwx34 wrote:

I haven’t used them, but I believe that some members who polished with ceramics or waterstones have switched to using the diamond lapping film and describing better results. The ceramics will give a decent polish, although not quite a ‘mirror’. There’s also the option of leather strops… that’s originally what most of the polished edges were made with. You might take a look at This Thread for some info… maybe get some ideas from it.

Thanks for the reply.  My kit came with leather strops so I do have those.  Sounds like the diamond lapping film is what I will try.

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Mark76 wrote:

Welcome to the forum! I hope you enjoy your WEPS. <span style=”line-height: 1.5;”>I’d go with the ceramics. Whet stones work well as well, but they are more involved. It’s more messy and they have a different thickness than the stock stones, so it takes quite a bit of time to set up the system for these stones (and you have to do that for every stone separately). As Curtis said, the diamond films are a great alternative, but these are wearables, of course.</span> Only if you want true mirror edges, the ceramic stones won’t get you there. Then you need whet stones (up to 10.000 grit) or diamond films (up to 1 micron at least).

It sounds like the ceramics or diamond films are the way to go.  The current system is fine for my kitchen knives but I have a couple of hunting knives that I would like to have the mirror finish.  Thanks for the responses, I was leaning toward the wet stones…glad I asked the question!

Thanks for the welcome too

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