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First let me say that I am not opposed to snail trails or scratches on my knife. When I sent my Small Sebenza I even instructed CRK not to reblast the scales because I did not want to lose the wear my knife has earned.
Having said that, I decided to do a quick experiment while in the kitchen the other night. I was cooking dinner and glanced at the Magic Eraser sitting by the sink. For those unaware, the Magic Eraser is a melamine foam that is quite abrasive on a microscopic level, but the melamine is not hard enough to scratch hard surfaces. Many of the marks on Sebenza scales are actually material deposited into the rough surface of the titanium as opposed to actual damage to the titanium.
Thinking this, I took a penny and scratched it along the scale next to the lockbar for about an inch and a half. Then I took the magic eraser and started rubbing. Within a minute or so the copper scratch was 90% gone. A little more rubbing and there is only the faintest ghost remaining of the scratch. It did turn the titanium a bit 'whiter' than the surrounding material, but I think that is because it actually cleaned out the micropores in the titanium so it looked lighter than the surrounding material. After rubbing it with my finger and carrying it in my pocket for about 24 hours the color now matches the rest of the scale.
Anyhow, sorry for the lack of pictures, but this was a spur of the moment idea that came to me in the middle of cooking dinner. If anyone is particularly bothered by marks on their titanium scales that are left from the knife rubbing against a softer metal, this might give you some remedy without changing the finish of the scales.
Having said that, I decided to do a quick experiment while in the kitchen the other night. I was cooking dinner and glanced at the Magic Eraser sitting by the sink. For those unaware, the Magic Eraser is a melamine foam that is quite abrasive on a microscopic level, but the melamine is not hard enough to scratch hard surfaces. Many of the marks on Sebenza scales are actually material deposited into the rough surface of the titanium as opposed to actual damage to the titanium.
Thinking this, I took a penny and scratched it along the scale next to the lockbar for about an inch and a half. Then I took the magic eraser and started rubbing. Within a minute or so the copper scratch was 90% gone. A little more rubbing and there is only the faintest ghost remaining of the scratch. It did turn the titanium a bit 'whiter' than the surrounding material, but I think that is because it actually cleaned out the micropores in the titanium so it looked lighter than the surrounding material. After rubbing it with my finger and carrying it in my pocket for about 24 hours the color now matches the rest of the scale.
Anyhow, sorry for the lack of pictures, but this was a spur of the moment idea that came to me in the middle of cooking dinner. If anyone is particularly bothered by marks on their titanium scales that are left from the knife rubbing against a softer metal, this might give you some remedy without changing the finish of the scales.
