I've got an older 119 Special. It was one of the first real knives I ever had and I am very attached to it. About 5 years ago I was sharpening it with a wet stone (before I came to the realization that I cannot judge an angle well enough for this to be a good way for me to sharpen anything). The wet stone was rectangular and I didn't realize that every time I drug the blade off of the edge the corner of the stone was running along the side of the blade. I did this on both sides before I realized that the lines on the blade weren't left over moisture from the oil but actually small valleys I had etched into the metal.
The knife is still in excellent condition (I use a sharpening tool now) but those etched lines still haunt me. Is there any way that I could buff the entire surface to make the lines less noticeable or maybe somewhere I could take it or send it off to that would refinish the metal? I want to get info from people who know what they are doing before I screw up the poor gal even further.
The knife is still in excellent condition (I use a sharpening tool now) but those etched lines still haunt me. Is there any way that I could buff the entire surface to make the lines less noticeable or maybe somewhere I could take it or send it off to that would refinish the metal? I want to get info from people who know what they are doing before I screw up the poor gal even further.