Anyone with experience in re-touching a monogram?

Ttran778

Ttran778

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So, I got my mini-15 in today. In short, it's a great knife. It was in a bit of rough condition, but after cleaning up and re-touching the blade, it's pretty good now. All except one little thing...

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As you can see, the previous owner (or maybe previous from them) apparently tried to scratch off the name of the fallen Marine (rest easy). What I'd like to do is try to get it back to as best condition I possibly can to honor his memory. I've already tried some light buffing with a microfiber cloth and a light cleaning with alsohol and q-tips, but to no avail. Does anyone have any tips as to what I might be able to do to restore the name?
 
Man, someone doing that kind of pisses me off.

No idea how it could be fixed to last or to match the rest and look right though. Someone with a steady hand may be able to outline it with paint or something but that likely wouldn't last long before wearing off.
 
I have used this stuff called " Goof-Off" to clean some pretty nasty shoemarks on my floor. That might be worth a try. I don't know hownit would effect the rest or the blade finnish. Besides that, another house hold cleaning item that might work is the " Mr.clean Magis eraser" that thing can get sharpie off of a door so I would give it a try :) good luck, hope you can restore the name!
 
Whoops, accidentally re posted and now the forums won't let me delete the post so I am writing this. Sorry :)
 
Having expierence in dealing with situations like this, you are not in good shape with restoration. As I assume the graphics are etched in the knife.

Best course is to send the knife back to EKI, ask if they can resurface in black, and not remove too much metal in process.

Someone did this tribute knife a disservice.
 
What Akapennypincher said.

I personally don't see any way to restore that other than having the blade stripped of the current finish, coated and etched/engraved again. Think of it as a painted surface where the paint has been scraped away. That's how it looks to me in the photo.
 
Man, that is sad. I would like to know what the guy who defaced this was thinking. Being both a Marine and a knife guy, much less an Emerson knife guy, I can't imagine doing this. Even without the engraving, that mark makes me cringe.
 
That looks to be a lasered on engraving. The only way to repair it is to have the back side of the blade recoated with Cerakote and have it lasered back on. Nothing else will match the existing engraving, polishing is sort of strange, not sure what that would do. It's like sanding the scratch or gouge out of a car or piece of furniture.
 
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