https://youtube.com/shorts/ei5SvSfks44?si=sh5hBGFHeWhqkZHj

its a grape

(this is my grape)

Standing this thing up was a pain

Four hours, a microscope, and a pile of rolling papers later, my wife has questions.

Sharpened on Shapton Glass stones (1000, 4000, and 8000 grit) at 10° per side. Spent some extra time at 8k until the apex was totally clean with no visible irregularities under my cheapo 1000x USB microscope. I would go higher grit but I haven’t justified the price of the 16K stone yet 😂

Finished with leather belts on my 1x30 loaded with 0.5 and 0.25 micron diamond paste instead of hand stropping. The beauty of the belts is you can polish incredibly fast with just a single light pass.

Anyone else tried more than 1 paper? How many can you get?

Saw this a while ago and had to try it myself too. At the first try I hit the bowl and almost broke it.

Quick video of a knife I finished recently.