Anyone have a remedy for scratches on blade?

[KBR]

I scratched up the blade on my Lum Chinese today at work.

I know that scratches add character to a knife, but this Spydie is one of my favorites!! They are numerous and very light, not THAT bad, but the fact that they are there bugs me, BIG TIME!! Would sending it back to Spyderco(for polishing, if they do that) be best, to reduce chances of me messing it up some more if I try to take them off myself? Or would some fine steel wool take care of them?

(Then again, I could just make it a normal EDC, and just buy myself another Lum.)

Any suggestions???

 

[misque]

Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but, if you send it back to Spyderco and they polish it up for you, what happens when it gets scratched again? Your knife will belong to UPS more than you.
I've found that on knives I wanna carry AND admire the flawless beauty of that knife, it's best to just get another for just that purpose. That or just resign yourself to the fact that the knife is gonna get scratched up and look at it as though it were gaining "character".
That, or just bite the bullet and attempt to fix the finish yourself.
No real easy answers here, just hard to make choices.

Good Luck!

 

[calyth]

You can always buy double, one for use and one for collect.
I don't do that cause I got no money and I like using my blades at least once in a while, if not EDC.

 

[jjcoolay]

Here what i think.
U should sell that one to me at a good deal since it is now flawed and use the money towards a new one

 

[BOK]

Try some Flitz. It'll take care of the very minor hairline scratches. The other scratches it won't fix.

I've never tried it but it doesn't sound like steel wool would work. Make it worse if anything I would think.

 

[brembo]

Paste wax? It might at least cover em up, and look snazzy once again. I spent an hour trying to get some mill marks out of the spine of my Military(I broke the tip and reground it), I used valve lapping compound and a 30k rpm dremel, and it hardly made a dent. So I gave up, tell folks its blood-letting grooves

 

[bandaidman]

the best way is to use various grits of sandpaper but it is very time consuming and you can really make a mess of things ... i know i have never tried a buffer and rouge compound

very fine steel wool "0000" is used as a polish but for softer metals. i have tried on a harder steel and have been underwhelmed. it also can leave bits of iron on the metal and can "attract" rust if not thoroughly cleaned off.

emery paper used wet can remove scratches but always leaves a frosted appearance for me... makes things worse in my limited use

i use flitz or metal glo and a bit of elbow grease ... will really make a blade shine but will not remove deep scratches.

 

[Guntaholic]

I too would try Flitz and also give Mother's Mag polish a shot. You can get it at most Auto Part stores, I find it to be a little stronger than Flitz. A dremel helps too, I bought a battery operated one at Sears for around $30 and it worked wonders on my 1911's..