Buffing out knifes

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Loneland Joe

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I broke out the old bench grinder with the buffing pad. Does any one have and recommendation for buffing the brass and wood? Is there anything to use on the silver bolsters ?
 
I use the white compound and red "jewelers rouge" on a soft wheel to finish. A little mothers may and aluminum polish and presto. Brand new knife
 
If I wasn't lazy this thread would get moved. REMEMBER, this is the BUCK KNIFE forum, any thread you post better have Buck knives as its subject or mentioned with strong emotion in the thread. Loneland there is a forum where they talk about this stuff a lot more than we do here. Its called Maintenance, Tinkering and Embellishment.

For any newcomer Buck forum visitors, what you would have needed to say is : I have a really dull BUCK model @@@ what do you guys recommend to polish your BUCKS.

Just as an example.......300Bucks, Moderator
 
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If you just going to polish brass. Procure a sewn cotton wheel and a loose cotton wheel. So, two wheels. Apply green chromium oxide clay brick to the sewn wheel and pink brick to the loose cotton wheel. Take it to the sewn wheel first. Work it until the scratches are gone then take it to the loose wheel for polishing. These wheels will not remove deep scratches on 110 brass or the blade. You need a different wheel and compound for that. I've seen these compounds in decent hardware stores. Good luck, DM
 
I am almost certain what he meant to say, " If you are going to polish the brass of a BUCK 110 ............................"
 
Leroy R, uses GREEN on his Buck Knives... 110s, 184s, 119s and so on...







Do you need more pictures....

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Loneland Joe said:
I broke out the old bench grinder with the buffing pad. Does any one have and recommendation for buffing the brass and wood? Is there anything to use on the silver bolsters ?
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I believe the laminated wood used on BUCK knives is Dymondwood, a product of the Rutland Plywood Company.
The website gives alot of technical information about Dymondwood including finishing. Go here to learn about Dymondwood used on our BUCK knives. http://www.rutply.com/products/dymondwood.html

Fiishing information for our BUCK knives taken from their Dymondwood brochure.....
Finishing
The smooth, high-gloss finish that is characteristic of DymondWood® finished products is achieved by the following
process
1) using a #120 grit or finer sandpaper, remove any cutter marks. Sand all surfaces, working with the grain(A
belt sander does a fine job). Remember, the higher the grit, the greater the luster.
2) using a cloth buffing wheel, apply the rough buff compound and buff to a matte finish(TRIPOLI #1010). If a
gloss is desired, apply the finer textured finishing compound(MOCO#1918).
 
I thought that said Edelbrock on the grinder....LOL yeah "supercharged" its an eastwood ..... Is there a vacum under those wood hole cut outs? or does it just drop into a pan? cool pixs.

I have been experitmenting with all theses different grade's/grits scotch brite type pads....so far I like them for some applications on metal....
 
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My interest in the vacum was when I first got my buffer I tried to use it in my art studio/gallery "I'm fine art painter" an that I soon found out working the buffing wheels with the compounds that I was getting bits of cloth an a definite compound residue all over my curtains an floor an woodwork, LOL now its going out into the garage or on my deck on nice days....LOL
 
Yes, thats why he has boxes over it with a vacuum. As this eliminates much of this debris. DM
 
thanks for answering VAC question, and about the boxes....DM

I need to build 3 boxes for my buffers a grinders....to keep the debris localized or my wife will kill me... LOL :)
 
Wearing a mask and utilizing these items really helps toward keeping the air in a shop clean. DM
 
Can anyone advise how to take out sharpening and scratches on a common Buck fixed blade. I can get rid of the scratches but rather than a satin finish the blades looks closer to polished.
Thought this would be good on the thread as we are speaking of fixing up knives.
 
Mike, I'm not sure what your asking...? "I can get rid of the scratches" and prior, 'how to take out sharpening scratches'.. I'm guessing you want to know how to take off sharpening scratches.? Do you desire a satin finish? Starting with 400 grit sand paper or 00 steel wool and elbow grease, remove the scratches. Then on to 600 and 800 grit. Then on to a sisal buff wheel loaded with grey compound. Work it on this wheel for a satin finish. DM
 
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