Quote Originally Posted by Korndog
Love it. I think it's great to hear this kind of stuff. I too have been fooling around with a microscope and have seen that black ice from my 8k, only to be scratched after stropping. See microscope thread. I wonder if the pastes are contaminating the plain leather. Or if the pastes are not uniform in grit. Or???

Anyway, off to the hobby shop now! Balsa specs please?
As I said I only saw that black ice when the light was bad. You ertainly should see scratch lines after an 8K. In fact when I commented on your shots you went back and got ones that showed scratch lines. So what is this black ice, a visual effect?