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Leaving the swarf on was not a good idea, it actually rounded the bevel even more, btw.....I limit the number of laps on a piece of sandpaper to 50-60 then I change it out.
The tape is not a...

Since the sandpaper has 4 layers, paper-glue-abrasive-glue and thus has some "give" to it, there is no way to avoid rounding the bevel.
You simply have to spend some time on the next hone to...

I have been using sandpaper to rip off old oxidized steel, remove nicks & frowns and start the bevel for about 7 years.
It works just fine.
In fact I just had a new guy over this evening and we...