Accidentally scratching knives

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Found out today while cleaning my PM2 that my tungsten wedding band has been scratching my knives, mostly on the clip. Unfortunately on the PM2 it was the blade itself! Anyone else encounter this or find a way to counter it?
 
Try a light rub with Nev-r-Dull, available at most any good hardware store.
Non abrasive, it will remove metal snail trails.
And as always, try a small test area first to make sure it's compatible with whatever blade/clip coating you have...
 
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lieferung said:
Found out today while cleaning my PM2 that my tungsten wedding band has been scratching my knives, mostly on the clip. Unfortunately on the PM2 it was the blade itself! Anyone else encounter this or find a way to counter it?
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trade that tugnsten wedding band in for one of those fancy rubber ones on amazon
 
I am not good at keeping things nice looking. I accepted that years ago and now embrace the look of honest wear. Kind of like your favorite pair of jeans or an old ball cap. :)

I feel very similar about my truck as I do my knife. Sure, the first scratch hurts. However, once you get a few here and there it just looks like it is actually doing the job it was designed to do. It looks used, useful, functional and loved.

Just let it be and in no time there will be a enough of them that they all sort of blend together. ;)

I am not saying that is the only way to look at it but it is what works for me.

Also, I don't think a scratch is damage. A chipped edge or broken tip is damage. A scratch is wear.
 
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bearfacedkiller said:
I am not good at keeping things nice looking. I accepted that years ago and now embrace the look of honest wear. Kind of like your favorite pair of jeans or an old ball cap. :)

I feel very similar about my truck as I do my knife. Sure, the first scratch hurts. However, once you get a few here and there it just looks like it is actually doing the job it was designed to do. It looks used, useful, functional and loved.

Just let it be and in no time there will be a enough of them that they all sort of blend together. ;)

I am not saying that is the only way to look at it but it is what works for me.

Also, I don't think a scratch is damage. A chipped edge or broken tip is damage. A scratch is wear.
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That's a good way to look at it. Some of my nicer knives its hard to do though, but I am committed to only owning users and no safe queens, so it's naturally gonna happen.

I also edited the title since "damage" was just the first word to come to mind, and scratch is more appropriate.
 
While I know intellectually that knives are meant to be used and are going to show wear, I admit that I tend to baby new knives more than I should. Once that first scratch or ding appears, it's liberating; it frees me to go ahead and use the knife without further concern. :thumbsup:
 
Agreed!
What usually gets me is lap drops. Get a new knife, flick the shit out of it while driving. Place in lap and forget it's there.......get out of truck, knife goes flying into concrete........it is now ok to cut stuff!!
Joe

G. Scott H. said:
While I know intellectually that knives are meant to be used and are going to show wear, I admit that I tend to baby new knives more than I should. Once that first scratch or ding appears, it's liberating; it frees me to go ahead and use the knife without further concern. :thumbsup:
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Keep scratching them. Then when it's time to sell, get a regrind or just do a hand Satin rub yourself with a few different grits of wet/dry sandpaper. Videos on YouTube
 
Scratches come with the territory.

My latest purchase came with a 2" horizontal scratch on the blade. I chuckled and thought "they broke it in for me already"

palonej said:
Agreed!
What usually gets me is lap drops. Get a new knife, flick the shit out of it while driving. Place in lap and forget it's there.......get out of truck, knife goes flying into concrete........it is now ok to cut stuff!!
Joe
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Done that more than once:mad::D
 
jwh720 said:
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trade that tugnsten wedding band in for one of those fancy rubber ones on amazon
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Best investment I ever made! Im a very blue collar dude (construction and horse farmer) and preferred to wear a 20kt gold band (a tradition passed on from my hobbies jeweler grandfather) but it was just getting to chewed up at work being so soft. I now wear a saferingz gold colored band ($17ish shipped, not from Amazon, don't buy anything from there) and from more than arms length you can't tell it's not real. Not one person has ever mentioned my "rubber" ring. Now the gold one stays nice for nice occasions (extremely rare anymore the rubber one is so comfy)
 
Blues Bender said:
This is like buying a gun and complaining that every time you shoot the gun it gets dirty.
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Or worse the guy who buys an AR and put electric tape on the brass deflector so it doesn't get discolored.
True story.

Ive been carrying my Spyderco K2 for a few days now trying to decide if I was ready and willing to use it as my work knife. Well yesterday I was elbow deep in an Eaton 10 speed transmission when I needed to remove a gasket. Well I had made way to many trips to my toolbox at this point in the day so out comes the K2 to earn its pay. I embrace the term used earlier here, honest wear.
 
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