Cork Belt

Gliden07

Gliden07

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Anyone ever tried a Cork belt? They sound interesting fir finishing but I've found very little info on them??
 
I have one and haven’t used it. I think some knife makes add grit paste but I haven’t tried it as I really don’t like shiny blades.
 
Cork belts are "finishing" belts..... used kinda like scotchbrite belts. I keep 600 grit cork belts in the shop for specific finishes. They are best when "broken in".....which in reality means take a piece of scrap steel, and lay into them HARD..... when they quit cutting on the steel, they are ready to use. :)
 
EdCaffreyMS said:
Cork belts are "finishing" belts..... used kinda like scotchbrite belts. I keep 600 grit cork belts in the shop for specific finishes. They are best when "broken in".....which in reality means take a piece of scrap steel, and lay into them HARD..... when they quit cutting on the steel, they are ready to use. :)
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That's the info I was looking for!! So you finish the knife as you would normally then polish/grind with a "broken in" Cork belt??
 
I have a 600 grit in the shop and use it with green compound. Puts a shine on a bevel while still leaving the faint appearance of the previous grind lines. It does look good on certain types of blade styles.
 
I use them quite often.
Using a cork belt, you can go to a mirror finish from 120 grit.
Break down the high spots by grinding a piece of scrap metal for a few minutes. Then coat with green chrome frequently as you polish the blade.
 
A friend of mine has one that was sent to him by mistake. He is going to give it to me but I had never used one. He told me it was about 800G? I'll get it and try it on the small hunting knife I will be working on soon!
 
Cork belts must be broken in. I use a piece of black iron pipe. Round bar works well and I've heard of guys using brick. I think Ed's flat bar will also work. The recommendation when I bought was 5 -10 minutes break in. I go to a X15 then to a 400 cork.
 
Jesse Latham said:
Cork belts must be broken in. I use a piece of black iron pipe. Round bar works well and I've heard of guys using brick. I think Ed's flat bar will also work. The recommendation when I bought was 5 -10 minutes break in. I go to a X15 then to a 400 cork.
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I have a piece of 2X4 steel it has radiused edges, it's relatively light weight and has some rust on it I was gonna use that? I want to use it for an arm on a disk grinder I'm building. It's going to hold the VFD. Figured I'd kill 2 birds with one stone 1) Break in the belt, 2) Remove the rust from the steel so I can use it on the Disk Grinder. Unless the rust will screw up the belt??
 
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