Dagnabbit!!

[P. McKinley]

And the new year was lookin' so bright!

I've been finishing up the sheath for one of my latest knives..... almost there.... just a couple of snaps and a bit of touch up ....... and then.......

Dagnabbit....... a big ole' nasty, scratch arcing across half the length of the blade! How'd it get there? No clue. I had been fine-tuning the contour of the sheath mouth/bolster and there it was. ( see photos below)

It is not something in the sheath.

My guess is the blade just barely brushed against a piece of sand paper.

To add.... this is one of 7 recently made knives I plan on presenting to a local art gallery for a jurried(sp?) entrance appraisal this coming Monday.

I need to take care of this, obviously, before I submit it to the jury.

Can anyone give me a tip on how to do this? EASILY!!??

The blade is O1 steel hand rubbed to 1000 grit and finished on a Scotch Brite wheel. The scratch runs from mid-guard/bolster, starting at the plunge line, towards the tip sweeping upwards to the spine, ending about mid-blade.

 

[chris609]

There may have been a grit or dirt particle in the sheath. This happened to me before too. See if the last grit you used will remove it go through the same motions you first used when polishing.

 

[Dan Pierson]

J. Neilson has a video on youtube of how he fixes up damaged hand rubs.

 

[SBuzek]

Since you finished it on a scotchbrite wheel I would try a couple of light passes on the wheel,may take it right out.
Stan