3M (TM) 7 Sheet 4-1/4 inch x 11 inch PSA Lapping Microfinishing Film For Scary Sharp Sharpening System Aluminum Oxide AO

Like many woodworkers, Ive spent a lot of time and effort in finding the most convenient, but effective, method to sharpen our chisels and plane irons. I could start a second hand store with all the products Ive tried but dont use due to one issue or another. Lately Ive used wet/dry sandpaper on marble slab with excellent success. My tools come out extremely sharp and the process to touch them up is reasonable. The only real issue is the expense of changing the paper so often. In steps the Taylor Tools answer to the scary sharp method using 3M lapping film. The advantage to sandpaper is two fold. First, the film provides longevity that paper backed products can only dream of ... secondly, the finer films take my tools to a whole new level of sharp. What a pleasure it is to use my tools again. I havent counted just how many chisels and irons Ive sharpened with any given set, but I can tell you that for me its been significant. I have five stages mounted to a 12x24 marble plate to create and maintain my micro bevels. It takes a mere couple of minutes to touch tools back up once you have a good primary bevel established. This is my current soup du jour of sharpening and Im going to be quite satisfied with it for a long time to come.

So far so good with these, Ive used them to polish/hone some straight razors to try this method out. I prefer an actual stone though after trying this but then again this isnt what these sheets were designed for so they get 5-stars from me for their quality.

Don’t waste your money. Buy diamond lapping films. These things do not work. I’m a professional knife sharpener. Highly disappointed

They work great with my wicked edge glass blanks.

As advertised.

better than diamond stone

These films work well when used with flat substrate, though the finer films are easily cut unless care is taken to use only pull stroke. Coarser films OK for back &forth grinding.

Product is good but, after buying over 100 packs, I can say with a lot of experience that the quality control on the cutting is terrible. Often getting sheets that are 1/2” off in width sometimes and not cut straight. Don’t get these if you need them to be precise in size.

Works great

Love how easy it is to use and how quickly it was once I figured the order is backwards on using the guide. Learning how to sharpen my knives properly on a guided system but lapping films have made a difference on my gentleman knives!