Dead Flat Glass & Coarse Sharpening Film Pack (30-100 Micron)

Dead Flat Glass (Large) and Coarse Sharpening Film Pack

Establish and refine the bevels on your chisels and plane blades with a reusable glass sharpening surface and four coarse abrasive grades. This pack combines one large Dead Flat Glass plate with one sheet each of 100, 80, 50 and 30 micron sharpening film.

Start with the grade that suits the condition of your tool, then work through progressively finer abrasives to reduce scratches and prepare the bevel for honing. You don’t need to begin with the coarsest sheet every time.

Arrange the film to suit your sharpening routine

Choose from three layouts for each 10mm-thick large float glass plate. For each layout, cut a piece from each abrasive grade you want to mount:

• Three grades in wide strips: cut each A4 sheet into thirds and mount one strip from three different grades side by side. This provides space for sharpening bevels and flattening blade backs.
• Four grades in quadrants: cut each A4 sheet into quarters and mount one piece from four different grades in a two-by-two layout.
• Four grades in narrow strips: cut each A4 sheet into four vertical strips and mount one strip from four different grades side by side. This suits bevel sharpening when you don’t need to flatten blade backs on the plate.

Follow with the 3M Fine Sharpening Film Pack, working through 15, 9, 3 and 1 micron to hone and polish the cutting edge.

Included in the pack:

• One Dead Flat Glass Plate (Large): a reusable base for your sharpening film.
• 100 micron film: the coarsest grade in the range, for initial bevel work.
• 80 micron film: continue coarse sharpening and begin refining the surface.
• 50 micron film: reduce scratches left by the coarser grades.
• 30 micron film: refine the bevel ready for fine sharpening.

A practical starting setup for a glass-plate “scary sharp” sharpening system. Replacement film is available individually as each grade wears out.

Fine sharpening film sold separately.

A Dead Sharp sharpening bundle combining custom-specified glass plates with abrasive films manufactured by 3M. The glass is made to our specifications by a specialist glass supplier; Dead Sharp assembles the bundle.