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I use 400 grit belts. This is how I establish and initial edge and do some edge restoration. It certainly does get a great burr, but I don't use a buff to remove it. I had been using green chrome charged paper folded around my finger, but now I'm using the fleshy side of a strap of Tandy's tooling leather. I charge it with the green rouge and go back and forth lightly until the burr flakes off on its own.
Touch ups from regular use (every couple of months for my pocket knife), I can do quickly with a stroke or two on a fine stone.
After each use, I find a handy post-it pad, stack of paper, or newspaper, and strop two or three times in each direction. In the absence of any paper, I use my pant leg.
I always have a sharp knife.
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