How to give nickle bolsters a brushed finish questions?

[Bladenoobie1]

Hi,

I have a GEC #85 and it is almost the perfect edc for me. Hair whittling edges, a nice dark (forced) patina, seamless liners and backspring with a satin finish done by me, and a flush half stop on one of the blades. (pretty darn good for a production knife)

Now I greatly prefer a brushed satin finish over mirror polish/chrome. That said I want to put a brushed finish on the bolsters but I'm unsure of what to use and how to do it evenly given the curvature of the bolsters. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
BN

 

[sogtrident7]

Try a piece if scotch-brite pad. I would try on similar material first to get the hang of it but it should do nicely. The best part of that is you can touch it up when you want to get those little pesky hairlines out that just happen. Nickel is hard but it works on Steel so Id try it on a test piece and see what happens.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

It can be done easily with a piece of 400-800 grit wet/dry sandpaper. Wrap a small piece around a rubber eraser (the example below is what I've used), used as a sanding block. Maintain strokes in one linear direction to keep the pattern looking neat. Works very quickly, and the rubber eraser 'sanding block' will evenly distribute pressure, which makes for nicer-looking results, with no flat-spotting that could otherwise happen if you rub a bit too hard. Anything in the grit range mentioned will give varying degrees of an attractive 'brushed satin' finish.

David