The Matrix 4k stone is 5 micron diamond. I found 2.5 micron to be too big for the strop after the 4k stone, 1 micron seems to me about right to a tad small. I have some .1 micron diamond on a leather strop and it doesn't do much after the 1 micron and I am looking at it under a microscope. One big problem with this fine abrasive is contamination on the strop, it doesn't take much and you will find stray scratches on your bevel comming from the strop. Make sure to keep one plain clean leather strop in your kit. It may not be good for eye candy/polished bevels but it is always great at cleaning up the apex to get it just that little bit keener. IMO no need to pay for polycrystaline diamond, as it propbably won't break down on a strop anyway and the monocrystaline won't stay on the strop long enough to dull. The powder is about 10 times the cost of monocrystaline.
I don't think the EP tapes will do anything to Maxamet, I know alox stones don't do squat.
If you get EP polish tape blanks get the hard anodized ones, the extra cost is well worth it. Disclaimer- I don't make anything on the anodizing, just love the performance of HARD anodizing.
I don't think the EP tapes will do anything to Maxamet, I know alox stones don't do squat.
If you get EP polish tape blanks get the hard anodized ones, the extra cost is well worth it. Disclaimer- I don't make anything on the anodizing, just love the performance of HARD anodizing.