how-to take a Polished (formerly Satin) blade back to Satin?

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imagine what started out as a factory-Satin INFI blade (or edge, whatever), that a user polished to a mirror finish. how does one get that back to regular-looking Satin rather than the mirror finish, and without going so far as to make it dull/DC-ish?

thanks.
 
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Send it to Garth............

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Buffing it with a ScotchBrite wheel could give a reasonable facsimile of the original factory finish.

Or, just use. No regrets. :D
 
Very easy, you're basically reverse refining it. Scotchbrite belts to your taste.
 
Scotchbrite wheels have done it for me.
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Getting a uniform satin finish like the factory one is not easily done by hand .... it is much easier to go for a mirror finish if doing it by hand .... but if you have scotchbright wheels large enough to give a good uniform finish using a drill or grinder you can do it like that.
 
PeterPHWS said:
Getting a uniform satin finish like the factory one is not easily done by hand .... it is much easier to go for a mirror finish if doing it by hand .... but if you have scotchbright wheels large enough to give a good uniform finish using a drill or grinder you can do it like that.
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resinguy said:
I know that Tyrkon Lawson has used those as well. The one that I tried must be different in some way; the sandpaper was very coarse, and left heavy scratches on the blade.
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There are 2 different grades. I use the spent fine grit for finish now. The coarse is like you say and will scratch horribly, but it does fair at clearing shallow dimples.
 
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Here is what I use, a 4" wide X 12" dia. Scotchbrite wheel on my lathe. I know, it isn't practical for most people, but I just got a old snake skin Active Duty that had some bad kydex marks on it and it did a good job of buffing them out without polishing the blade, kept the original logo in place too (that is of course not the AD I was talking about, just the Scotchbrite wheel I am referring to). :eek:



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randucci said:
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Here is what I use, a 4" wide X 12" dia. Scotchbrite wheel on my lathe. I know, it isn't practical for most people, but I just got a old snake skin Active Duty that had some bad kydex marks on it and it did a good job of buffing them out without polishing the blade, kept the original logo in place too. :eek:



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one raccomendation... don't use the scotch brite weel directly on the edge. it will make your knife dull.
 
thanks, everyone. I appreciate the responses.

I'll just use it for now, and maybe send it to Garth at some point later.

very informative though. makes me miss having a nice workshop.
 
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