I am still new to customization of knives and hatchets and made a rookie mistake . I was polishing a Buck 106 to a mirror finish and grabbed some 36 grit by mistake which put some deep scratches in the HC metal before I noticed my mistake.I have tried sanding out the scratches starting with 80 grit all the way up to 320 with little to no success. I have even tried using compounds and even resorted to an angle grinder with 80 tiger paw ( sand paper wheels) with very minimal impact. PLEASE if anyone knows how I can fix this without taking out anymore metal than I already have, I am all EARS ,other wise I am afraid it's gonna have to be cerakote and I really don't want to do that to this BUCK HATCHET. Thanks in advance.
Also just for reference, I am a beginner with a Dremel , drill press and drill but I have been working with metal for 20+ years . From hasteloy to chromemoly to titanium to inconel so I am not completely clueless with metal , just clueless to the finer finishing
Also just for reference, I am a beginner with a Dremel , drill press and drill but I have been working with metal for 20+ years . From hasteloy to chromemoly to titanium to inconel so I am not completely clueless with metal , just clueless to the finer finishing
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