Polishing block

[Ericfg]

I made a hand-held block to hold sandpaper whilst polishing blades.
A heavy brass drawer(?)-pull screwed into a 7cm x 2cm x 2cm block of scrap wood that I oiled and waxed since I sometimes sand with water.
A bit of a pain to snap the rubber band in place but otherwise it works really well. No sanding streaks when polishing over logos/blade markings.
If I had to do it again I'd prolly cut the dimensions to 5x2x2.

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[Choppin]

nice! very handy

I use a piece of wood with roughly the same dimensions but taller (instead of the brass thingy I just hold onto the wood, but this is much better). And when polishing convex knives at 45 degrees I add a thin foam layer between the block and the sandpaper (helps hitting all the convex surface)

 

[Heckel7302]

I just use a rubber sanding block with a piece of foam between the block and paper. I also made a jig to hold the knife steady so I can use both hands to sand. It’s just a pice if 2x4 with a notch cut out, cut piece screwed to the end as a backstop, then pieces of shim to hold the knife in place.

 

[Ericfg]

I just use a rubber sanding block with a piece of foam between the block and paper. I also made a jig to hold the knife steady so I can use both hands to sand. It’s just a piece if 2x4 with a notch cut out, cut piece screwed to the end as a backstop, then pieces of shim to hold the knife in place.

I like your sink bridge setup.

 

[Heckel7302]

Thanks. It's just a cedar 2x4 cut, stacked, and glued together with a couple off cuts to keep it steady.

 

[TB_London]

Nice, if you wanted to improve on the rubber band Saw kerfs in each end with wedges is a good way to hold the paper - and pushing in the wedges tensions the paper

 

[Ericfg]

Can't believe it took me 7 months to figure out this hack:

Works like a charm.