Quote Originally Posted by DEwey View Post
Bruno - We're Waiting!!! Do you use a circular motion when hand sanding? Please help us out, I have a really tarnished W&B Diamond Edge that needs immediate attention
I don't use circular motion. Until now I have always used a back and forth motion perpendicular to the edge (i.e. from edge to spine and back).
With my current project I am trying something different.
I start with a coarse grit, going from heel to toe and back, along the length of the blade. Then with the next grit I go from edge to spine, perpendicular to the blade.
Then with the next grit again along the length. etc etc
I only go to the next grit if all the scratch lines of the previous grit are gone.

My reasoning is that if I do it like this, I know for sure that there are no scratch lines left in the end, plus I don't do more sanding than necessary, and it should be a tad quicker because it is easier to sand away scratch lines if you sand perpendicular to them.

But this is an experiment and I haven't finished that process just yet. It is an epxperiment.