"R": polishing the cut-outs

[Ewok]

I've been playing with an "R" today. If you have one, you know that the insides of the blade cut-outs are rough. How would I go about smoothing them down? I could use a Dremel on the hole, but that won't help with most of the cut-outs....

 

[Mike Turber]

This will sound strange but I am a thinker!

Try a Guitar string. I know it sounds strange but when Benchmade made their first AFCK the holes had a rough feel. My dad plays a 12 string and I used the base string and went to work. It made it pretty smooth for me plus they are fairly cheap. Let me know if it works for you!

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[Ewok]

Excellent! There's a huge guitar store on my way to work....

 

[Sal Glesser]

Ewok - A small triangular shaped diamond or ceramic file should work.

sal

 

[Corduroy]

There are also those "sanding strips" - very narrow rolls of fine-grit sandpaper that are usually used with a very small block or "pen" to get at hard-to-reach areas. I'm betting that running these through the cutouts and working them back and forth shoe-shine style would clean those areas up. It would also round the edges, but that would probably be rather attractive.

-Drew