Polish help

[Ore_Ele]

So what is the best way to get a dang shiny polish on your knives? To make them look like a Kershaw SS (like the 1660SS90 or the 1600SS) or as close as possible. If you are going to laser etch the knife, should you polish it up first, or after?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[Scott M]

I am also interested in polish as well, right now I am using silver polish which works well, however I will be paying close attention to this post to find out what the best one to use is

 

[cbr900son]

For a mirror finish just start working you way up the sand paper grits to 2000+ Alot of makers use motor oil at 600+ as a lubricant

 

[stoffi]

There are no shortcuts, just hours (days?) of work ahead of you. Start at the least low grit you need and work your way up, finishing on a buffing wheel or a leather strop, for instance. Doing it by hand is like writing a novel, so a Dremel or similar powertool comes in handy.

 

[cbr900son]

Are you wanting a polished cutting edge or the whole blade? Send me a PM I might be able to help you for free.

 

[Ore_Ele]

Pretty much the whole blade (well, one side of the blade, the other side has a DLC coating). I'm guessing this should be done before any laser etching, correct?

 

[richard j]

you should have the blade finished before doing any etching. what kind of knife is it?

 

[Ore_Ele]

It is the Kershaw 1595G10, but the 1596 blade is on it (same style, but it is made from S30V with a DLC coating).

Basically this, with a black blade - http://www.google.com/imgres?q=1595...7&tbnw=164&start=0&ndsp=41&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

I've already had one side bead blasted down to the normal grey and I just need to polish it up as

 

[richard j]

do you want to polish it up like this knife i made? http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=582180 send me an email and i'll be glad to help you out. i did the left side in about an hour and not quite an hour for the right side since it was flat. i did have to buff the blade to finish it off which took around 15 minutes with a hard cotton buffing wheel.
rje196021@gmail.com

 

[Ore_Ele]

Just shot you an email about it. Thanks for any help.

 

[Nader E]

I polished up a stainless steel spyderco last night (the handles anyway..they were really stratched up). not sure if I did it right but it sure did put a mirror polish on it.

1) Scotch brite pad (to take out the major dings etc. I made sure to keep the angle concistant)
2) Felt pad on dremmel..autosol..about 10 mintures of work and it put a mirror polish on it. I was at medium speed (would start off low so the autosaul doesnt splash all over the place).

Maybe that will help

 

[Ore_Ele]

Yeah, I need to get a dremmel... I've been doing the old fashion (2000 grit sand paper and elbow grease). I got a fairly good shine, but not close to a mirror. I'll get a dremmel in the next few weeks.

Thanks everyone.