Cleaning mistake SOG Creed satin

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t9alejandro

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Hey guys i hope you can help me with this noob mistake i did. Recently bought a SOG Creed with this awesome satin finish. The blade and satin is my favorite part. So i used it for some chopping and batoning and the blade got kinda dirty. I used oil and mistakenly use one of those green kitchen scrubbies ( the non metal ones).
Now i have these tiny swirl marks in the satin that i absolutly hate.
Can you guys please help me get that new blade finish back -IF possible at all. :confused:
 
There's no going back, the black is on top and you've scratched through it. Don't worry to much about coatings, they are made to come off and they're especially useless on a stainless blade.
 
Knives are meant to be scratched with use. You just speeded up the process. Might as well really use it now.
 
You may be able to restore the finish with a wire wheel. But you will probably dull the blade in the process.
 
sqchram said:
Still, green scotchbrite will scour a metal surface. Sorry.
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Indeed. Green Scotchbrite will alter just about any surface. Bummer. Well if you already altered the finish, just keep on using it. Can't make it a safe queen once it's been used.
 
Take a little bit of time to be pissed off, then forget about it. They are tools to be used. I take care of my stuff, but my favorite knives are the quality ones I've used hard and held up to the expectations, scratches and all. Welcome to BF too.
 
How about refinishing it yourself with the same scotchbrite pad you used to mar the finish in the first place. Rubbing the blade in a consistent fashion with a scotchbrite pad can give you an excellent hand rubbed finish.
 
You can buy sandpaper in a wide variety of grits. I have a wide variety of grits including 2000 which is basically a polishing grit (a variety of extra-fine grit sandpaper can be found in auto parts stores). All you have to do is get a piece of sandpaper in your desired grit, place a piece at the handle end of the blade and pull the paper across to the tip. Use a straight, even stroke and this will produce a satin finish. Trial and error should eventually get you where you want to be.

Disclaimer- I'm not familiar with the knife you are talking about or it's finish. And the term "satin finish" might mean different things to different people. I've used the method I described above to restore the satin finish on knives where the finish consisted of a fine, evenly straight sanded surface.

Or you could do as others advise and ignore it. But I understand that there are people who care about how their knives look and want them to look a certain way. And there's nothing wrong with that. I was once one of those people, not so much anymore.
 
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