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When you use it Flitz on a cloth to polsh a blade you can see the steel it removes on the cloth. It has a very fine abrasive.
 
jmh33 said:
Times 10!!
And can be applied to a whole lotta posts across the site!!
Well said John!! 🤝
John ✨
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Nobody is suggesting polishing the edge on purpose. If you can't imagine incidental contact possibly happening such that a blade gets dull then...I mean I don't know, but people say it has happened to them before and suggest watching out for it.
 
Carboniferous said:
If you can't imagine incidental contact possibly happening such that a blade gets dull then...
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Our pocket knives will become dull by actually using them to cut stuff. Therefore, worrying about some accidental contact with the cutting edge by a polishing cloth should be a non-issue in the grand scheme of things. I'd be more worried about the edge cutting through the polishing cloth and into your finger. Just take caution to keep away from the cutting edge when polishing your blades and all will be good.
 
JohnDF said:
Our pocket knives will become dull by actually using them to cut stuff. Therefore, worrying about some accidental contact with the cutting edge by a polishing cloth should be a non-issue in the grand scheme of things. I'd be more worried about the edge cutting through the polishing cloth and into your finger. Just take caution to keep away from the cutting edge when polishing your blades and all will be good.
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Thanks for letting me know what's important and that knives dull when you cut stuff.
 
Aluminum oxide won’t react with steel, but as an abrasive will remove it w/o leaving scratches.
 
Here's an old email from Flitz in which they concede that it's abrasive, but below some standard of abrasiveness. Firearms people stay away from it for components of crucial dimensions.

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Sir,

I'm sorry to keep you waiting for the answer to your question. I had to wait for our president, Ulrich "Olie" Jentzsch, to return from two trade shows for his official statement.

The gentleman that stated "if it is a polish, it has to be abrasive" is right in a very literal sense. However, you are also right about the Flitz, because our polish falls 12% below the government standard for abrasiveness. In other words, the polishing granules are so fine that Flitz can be considered non-abrasive. We can safely claim that because, as you can feel just by putting it between your fingers, it is very smooth. Flitz can be used on even the softest precious metals without scratching. (Of course, a person would have to consider the applicator cloth and make sure they are using a clean, high-quality, soft cloth to apply the polish and for buffing.)

I hope that this helps you. You are welcome to address any other questions or problems to us directly at kris@flitz.com (for Customer Service) or ulrich@flitz.com (for the president). Thank you again for your question and for using the Flitz. We always stand behind it and it's nice to have customers like yourself.

Kris
Flitz Customer Service
 
Will Power said:
It's clearly too dangerous to use on knife blades, crucial dimensions and all....
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Yes, I don't bother polishing any store bought knives. The only reason I experiment with various polishes is to bring out the hamon in a hand made knife that I'm making myself.
 
My microfiber polishing rag could be considered “abrasive” if we want to ski down slippery slopes all day. To what end? You worried Flitz will leave you with a nub of a blade and a big ol’ frown? Then don’t use it. Case closed.
 
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Buck Foe Jiden said:
I think you should go to the Flitz website and read the FAQs, rather than watching YouTube reviews and forum commentary from third parties, IMHO.
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I don't watch Utube and Obsessed with Edges has proven to be reliable. I also know what aluminum oxide is. As noted by Flitz Cusomer Sevice, Flitz is abrasive, but beneath the level the USG requires it to be called abrasive. It wouldn't work w/o the abrasives.

Your forum name kind of undermines everything you write. Hard to believe you know jack. Keep on truckin 👍
 
brownshoe said:
I don't watch Utube and Obsessed with Edges has proven to be reliable. I also know what aluminum oxide is. As noted by Flitz Cusomer Sevice, Flitz is abrasive, but beneath the level the USG requires it to be called abrasive. It wouldn't work w/o the abrasives.
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Let’s play “what does this mean?”
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brownshoe said:
Your forum name kind of undermines everything you write. Hard to believe you know jack. Keep on truckin 👍
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You mad?
 
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