I have spent lots of hours putting a convex edge (my first) on my Tramontina machete. I knew ahead of time that i would likely screw up, and now I have a few spots from where I did my filing that are sort of pits or gouges made by my poor filing technique.
I've spent considerable time going from 400 grit paper, realizing it wouldn't work (after a couple sheets...) and then now on 100 grit to get rid of the primary grind lines, and hopefully the pits/gouges I created during filing.
My question is, can I leave the gouges or will they be a hot spot for rust to form? some of the ones I need to get out are just barely past where the convex starts (old shoulder of the primary grind), so i would need to sand them by hand to get them out and I don't exactly want a dip in the steel where they are, I would prefer to wait until I sharpen the blade enough that they eventually disappear if it won't matter, I can learn to live with my mistakes... It doesn't help that I am a perfectionist with these types of things, I just want to be able to be done with this convex and feel good about it.
I've spent considerable time going from 400 grit paper, realizing it wouldn't work (after a couple sheets...) and then now on 100 grit to get rid of the primary grind lines, and hopefully the pits/gouges I created during filing.
My question is, can I leave the gouges or will they be a hot spot for rust to form? some of the ones I need to get out are just barely past where the convex starts (old shoulder of the primary grind), so i would need to sand them by hand to get them out and I don't exactly want a dip in the steel where they are, I would prefer to wait until I sharpen the blade enough that they eventually disappear if it won't matter, I can learn to live with my mistakes... It doesn't help that I am a perfectionist with these types of things, I just want to be able to be done with this convex and feel good about it.
