Blade scratches on my Queen Amber Stag Bone Canoe

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Well, I bought one of those Lansky sharpeners to sharpen my canoe (first mistake). I tried in out on a couple of knives first (second mistake), then I tried it on my Queen Canoe (third mistake).

I found that the Lansky does a pretty nice job of sharpening but it does an even better job of scratching the crap out of my blades. Does anyone have a good suggestion for getting the scratches out of my blades? Thanks in advance!
 
I'm not familiar with your specific knife, but once scratched, about all you can do for a blade is to sand it smooth and polish it. Re-blueing also works on carbon steel. Bead blasted and brushed finishes are a lost cause. The same goes for vacuum-deposited coatings.
 
Well, I went through multiple care and maintenance posts until I found one that recommended sanding. I went to my local auto parts store and bought some 400 and 2000 grit and went to work on an old Buck that was scratched up pretty bad from an old sharpening job. After about 30 minutes with the 400 grit dry, I moved up to the 2000 wet (30 minutes), then dry (30 minutes) and got a wonderful mirror finish. The only problem is that there is some pitting remaining that I did not see originally so I may take it back down with 220 and start again.

In any event, I spent about 20 minutes with the 2000 grit on my Queen and the scratches came right out and I was left with a nice semi mirror finish. I want to leave the balde etching on as long as I can so when that eventually wears off, I'll give it a nice wet/dry sand with the 2000.
 
How did you get the scratches? Are they from the clamp? I have been wiping out the clamp on my Gatco and so far I have not seen any scratching.

Is it from the stones and slipping with them off the edge? I have stumbled a few times but only when I start to go too fast. I then slow down and concentrate. I find that I get a better edge when I slow down and concentrate.
 
Sanding with 400 grit and going to 2000 grit is not the way to do it.
Use 400, 600, 1000, 1500, 2000. You can skip a step, but 2000 won't remove the 400 scratches.
 
Hard H2O said:
How did you get the scratches? Are they from the clamp? I have been wiping out the clamp on my Gatco and so far I have not seen any scratching.

Is it from the stones and slipping with them off the edge? I have stumbled a few times but only when I start to go too fast. I then slow down and concentrate. I find that I get a better edge when I slow down and concentrate.
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I got the scratches from a Lansky.
 
Bill DeShivs said:
Sanding with 400 grit and going to 2000 grit is not the way to do it.
Use 400, 600, 1000, 1500, 2000. You can skip a step, but 2000 won't remove the 400 scratches.
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Although now that I think about it it I didnt use 400 on the queen, just the old buck. I wonder if thats what the pitting is from?
 
What Bill means is that the 2000 grit wont remove the scratches left behind by the 400 grit. The 400 grit will leave gouges in the steel (relatively speaking) and the 2000 will just polish inside of those gouges and it will still look like a mirror finish. However, I guess if you polished with the 2000 grit long enough the end result would be the same as going through more steps. It would just take longer.
 
jrog100 said:
It was the clamp that caused the scratches.
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I would use the blue painters tape to avoid it in the future. I do not have any high end knives that I sharpen so I am not to worried about scratches. Stuff like that gives a tool character.
 
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