polishing my bm45s

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JamPrit

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I just bought a rotorary tool to do some projects around the house. When I opened it up I realized it came with some little buffing wheels. I decided to see what I could do with it on my very nicked and scratched bm68. I worked wonders! I buffed out most of the small nicks from the handles and even some of the sharping scratches on the blade. I shines almost like new. (Too bad it can't fix the loose latch.)
I have some minor scratches on the handles on my bm45s, and I am sure I could buff them away. My question is, the 68 has a mirror finish to start with. The 45 has a duller satin or buffed finish. What would happen to that finish if I took the rotorary tool to it? Would I end up making it a mirror finish? Is there some way I could buff the scratches out and still keep the finish? I don't think I would want to make it mirror, but then again, it might be kind of cool to have a mirror finished bm45. Any ideas?
Thank's
James

[This message has been edited by JamPrit (edited 03-17-2000).]
 
With a Dremel or similar tool you could certainly give your 45 a mirror finish. To do this, you'll probably want to use some polishing compound with your little polishing wheels.

The 45 has a brushed finish. If you'll root around in that box of bits that came with your tool, you'll find some fine wire brushes. These can restore the finish on your 45. But, be carefull. Matching the original grain is quite an art. I'd suggest experimenting on some Rostfrei piece first.

By the way, I love my Dremel tool. You should use the searching features here on bladeforums and you'll find several great old threads on how people use their Dermel tools. The cutting wheels are the best. Man, you can cut anything like butter with those things. The last time I had another phone line put in here, the installer needed to get into the service entrance box on the side of the house. I keep it locked to prevent people from making calls on my lines. I could not find the key anywhere. Knowing that the installer's time goes for $60/hour, I wasn't gonna spend much time looking for the key to a $5 lock. I chucked a cutting wheel in my Dremel and had that lock off of there in ten seconds flat.



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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
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By the way, before you start ripping into 'em yourself, keep in mind that Benchmade will be happy to clean up your Bali-Songs for you for the cost of postage.



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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.balisongcollector.com
 
I've sent a BM239 to BM to sharpen and shape up alittle. Like alittle buffing on the blade. But BM just tighten the pins and dented a pin and didn't do any buffing at all. Did I do something wrong. I did send the $5.00 in for the sharpening.

Thanks


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Lew
 
Lew... you have to tell them specifically that you want it rebuffed/polished, cause according to them some collectors are against that.


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I did that. I wrote a nice letter to go along with the knife. Maybe I'll try it again and see what happens. Maybe this one just fell though the cracks.

Thanks,
 
Hello!

Lew Glos, if i'm correct the BM 239 has got zamak handles and they are coated, if you polish the coating it'll get thinner and might crack.
Maybe this is why BM didn't polish it???

Trying to throw in my 0.65 cents...

Be well!/Jonas aka 2Sharp

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2Sharp
Nope the scatches were on the tip of the blade from someone sharpening it. The scatches weren't very deep and not too many of them. Thats why I thought BM would buff it out alittle. Also when they tighten the pins they dimpled the pin. It looks like a miss hit on the pin. I was surprised at that also. But they did sharpen it for me and I paid for that. Maybe I'll try sending it again to see what happens.
Thanks for the comments...

 
Ok, get it!

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Be well!/Jonas aka 2Sharp

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"May all your detonations be expected"

The coolest bar in the world: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Camp/8373/index.html
 
Hey guys (and gals),
sorry to bring this one up again, but what is the extent to which Benchmade can clean up a knife? Can they tighten the handles a bit? or is that something beyond which they can do? I have a beater 45 that could use some tlc and I didn't want to take it upon myself to refinish (no time, skill or ability too
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Thanks for any help you can provide,

Jon
 
my other hobby, prop building/replication (movie props and stuff), pretty much neccessitates a dremel. gotta love it.

i never thought of using it for buffing a dremel though...
 
By "tightening the handles" I assume that you mean the fork where the blade goes in. This can be tightened if it's not splayed to far out. Remember that the handles are not made of spring steel and trying to bend them can lead to cracks. Replacing the tang pin is also quite easy. Disassembling the knife is risky. The fixture for doing this is not quite what it used to be.



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Chuck
Balisongs -- because it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!
http://www.balisongcollector.com
 
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