OK, spent the weekend getting some blades ready for the hone meisters, and I went shopping and found some new stuff that I wanted to recommend. (At least new to me!)

I went to Woodcraft, and picked up several hand tool felt wheels and polishing wheels that I had not seen before - form a company called Proxxon - they are German I believe - They have a polishing wheel pack that is 1 inch diameter with three polishing wheels; one hard felt, one is soft leather and the other is just floppy soft cotton - I like the mandrels much better then the Dremel 1/2" felt wheel mandrels, while these felt wheels are narrow you can fit two on the mandrel, which is cool...the mandrels are much longer too, which is nice for MAAS on the blades. I also picked up a silicon carbide rubber polishing kit. Very nice, and though I am not sure what grit it is, I would have to say it seems like at least 600 or higher - the kit comes with several different thicknesses of rubber sanding disks, which are perfect for polishing between scales near the pivot pin.

I like these much better than the bulk from widget supply or the Dremel stock felts and the rubber wheels are awesome - check them out. No affiliation.

http://www.woodcraft.com/search/search.aspx?query=proxxon

K