Blade polishing

Michael_Aos

Michael_Aos

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After sharpening my new BM750 on my new Spyderco Sparpmaker 204 (not a scratch on it), I cut a leaf off a poinsetta. It left some sticky crap on the blade, so I ran it under some water and wiped it with a "pot scrubber" without thinking.

Now the blade is scratched.

Is there a fairly easy, semi-idiot-proof method of buffing / polishing out those little scratches?

Thanks,

Mike
 
BTW, for the future, Tuf-Cloth the blade, and the plant juice won't stick to it. I have a couple of knives I use to hack through light underbrush, and I used to use alcohol to remove the sap on them at the end of the day. After I hit them with the Tuf-Cloth, the sap wiped off effortlessly.
 
Flitz is good.

I like Happich Simichrome a bit better... Flitz seems to have a finer grit, Simichrome seems to polish quicker.

(fine is relative, they are both super-fine grit polishes)
 
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Esav Benyamin:
BTW, for the future, Tuf-Cloth the blade, and the plant juice won't stick to it.</font>
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Thanks. I've done that now.

Should I try and remove the tuff-cloth residue before attempting to polish the blade? What works well for that?

Mike
 
A good way to get rid of goo on your knife with out using a scouring pad is to use goo gone or similar product. I've also found that WD 40 works ok too.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by rdangerer:
Flitz is good.

I like Happich Simichrome a bit better... </font>
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Thanks. I had some Hoppes gun-metal polish in the shed. After about 10 minutes it looks MUCH better. Still not perfect, but I could get to perfect with another 10 minutes.

Thanks again, metal polish never occurred to me. Duh.

Mike
 
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