In this category, you will find sanding belts for belt grinders sized 50x2000mm.
To keep the selection manageable, we only offer sanding belts for knife making.
Recommended sanding belt grits:
Chef’s knives: K40/K50, K80, K120, K180, K320 | Hunting knives: K60, K120, K180, K320 | Handle wood: K36, K80, K150, K240
For knife makers, the abrasive belts on belt grinders are the most important grinding tool. In knife making, they must deliver excellent performance to grind knives as efficiently as possible. What’s special about our abrasive belt selection is that we only carry belts that we ourselves use in practice for knife making. Are all our belts suitable for every steel? Basically yes — but it’s worthwhile to choose the optimal belt for the specific steel to save costs.
The 278 abrasive belts are belts we specifically select, tailored to the requirements of knife makers. That means materials like knife steel, stainless steel, or hard woods. We have them manufactured according to our quality standards by trusted partners and import them directly without middlemen. This results in a practice-oriented range with high grinding performance and a price-performance ratio that convinces — especially for knife makers.
In the high-alloy sector, abrasive belts with ceramic grit have proven optimal; belts with shaped ceramic grit are now also established regarding material removal and durability. Shaped ceramic grit is more expensive comparatively but offers the advantage of fewer belt changes due to increased longevity.
For simple carbon steels, it’s not necessarily required to use ceramic belts. Usually, zirconia alumina is sufficient as a grinding medium for unhardened carbon steel. For steels highly alloyed with tungsten or vanadium, ceramic belts are also advantageous here.
Compact grit differs from other belts as it uses a granulate as the grinding medium. It offers a good grinding feel even at finer grits starting at K120, and planing a surface is somewhat easier with it. It is suitable for all common knife steel types.
The woods used in knife making often differ from those used by carpenters or joiners. They are usually significantly harder, or plastics and horn are used. Commercially available corundum belts often quickly reach their limits here. Therefore, in knife making, we use belts with aluminum oxide or zirconia alumina as grinding media.
Trizact belts are mainly used in knife making for sharpening knife blades, as they allow an extremely fine grit. They can also be used for blade finishing, although 3M Trizact belts with a soft backing require a graphite backing pad.
