Sharpen to 120 grit?

[grepper]

For what ever reason the belt grit (rotating belt) does creates a smother edge than some wet stone, EdgePro or what ever manual system of the same grit.

That 80 grit edge you speak to will work.

Most anything will work.

"Most anything will work".  Yes.  I'm starting to suspect that.  I would think that I would be seeing much deeper scratching @ 120 grit than I do.  I was actually surprised that I'm seeing so little difference as the grit gets coarser.

I think the reason why is that I sharpen off-platen with very light pressure and the belt is not producing the same pressure on the blade as a grindstone would.  I would think that a 120 grit grindstone would produce very different results.

Yet another thing to play around with.