I order my belts from trugrit.com. My most used belts are the Norton Norzon (60-120 grit), great lasting belts and worth the money. I also use Norton Blaze (ceramic), but at over $5 a piece for a 1x42, I use it sparingly. Another brand I like is 3M; I tried some klingspor belts once, but they threw this red dust all over and I didn't like the way it cut, so mostly norton and 3m for me.
I have similarly heard 3M and Norton are popular with the production knife-makers.
I have heard the 3M 777F belts in 36-60-80-120 offer good performance/value, but that is from a maker. I have not tried myself yet.
Here is some Norton Belt INFO from Norton:
Norton Narrow Belts PDF Apparently, the "NorZon" belts are "Zirconia alumina".
I wonder how they compare to Gary Pearce's Zirconia belts??? - I guess they are all a little different (????)
3M offers so many Belt flavors, I get confused. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />
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