Remove light scratches from blade surface?

freq18hz

freq18hz

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Apologies in advance if this is in the wrong forum section...

I recently bought a Spyderco Sage. I've never used it. I'm not sure if it came this way, or if I somehow did this by cleaning fingerprints off the blade but it seems to have a few very faint scratches across the blade, all in the same direction. You can only seem them if you look very carefully, and tilt the blade toward the light.

I don't plan on using this for now, it's just going into my collection. Does anyone know if its possible to buff these out somehow so that the blade looks factory again?


Thanks!

-Freq
 
could just be grind lines, either way i wouldnt worry about it if it came from the factory like that
 
You could try a metal polish like flitz or semichrome or mag wheel polish from the auto parts store. It might help depending on how bad they are. But anything more aggressive and I think you will end up being disappointed in the outcome. Scratches have to be removed with a uniform scratch patern which is then slowly reduced with finer scratches until the finish you desire is achieved. Unless you know what you are doing you will probably end up making it worse unless they are not very bad and the previously mentioned polishes work.
 
do they go from the spine to the cutting edge? If so they are the grind lines. All the sages come with them.
 
Pics or it didn't happen. Seriously though can you photgraph the scratches? There are some easy ways to remove them and maybe even polish up the blade at the same time. Sounds to me that you are observing grind lines, I doubt that cleaning fingerprints off of S30V would leave scratches unless you used something like 220 grit sandpaper.
 
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Spyderco doesn't pack their boxes, they ship with a very thin foam strip at the bottom. That knife traveled all the way over here from Taiwan and probably has tiny scratches all over the handles too.

Besides, the Sage is not exactly a collectors piece, I wouldn't worry about it. It can never honestly be sold as new anyways, even if you were to polish it.
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
You could try a metal polish like flitz or semichrome or mag wheel polish from the auto parts store. It might help depending on how bad they are. But anything more aggressive and I think you will end up being disappointed in the outcome. Scratches have to be removed with a uniform scratch patern which is then slowly reduced with finer scratches until the finish you desire is achieved. Unless you know what you are doing you will probably end up making it worse unless they are not very bad and the previously mentioned polishes work.
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I agree. If you're not careful, or the scratches are too deep, it's not gonna be pretty if you go DIY. Just leave it. If I can live with a Dozier that my damn sister "cleaned" with a scotchbrite pad (never again), you can live with those marks.
 
Wow, I'd scream really bad if I had scratches on my knife blades! Now they won't cut at all!
:D . Seriously, if you plan to use that knife, don't worry about it.
 
7rip13a said:
I agree. If you're not careful, or the scratches are too deep, it's not gonna be pretty if you go DIY. Just leave it. If I can live with a Dozier that my damn sister "cleaned" with a scotchbrite pad (never again), you can live with those marks.
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:eek: I had an idiot "friend" check out my Dozier Personal and proceed to throw it down and stick it in a wooden bench. I just about went berzerk on the guy. Luckily it didn't damage it, but damn, I was pissed. I waited 9 months for it and some moron treats it like that.:mad: When I told him what it was worth he couldn't stop apologizing but WTF? He will NEVER touch any of my knives EVER again.
 
FlaMtnBkr said:
You could try a metal polish like flitz or semichrome or mag wheel polish from the auto parts store. It might help depending on how bad they are.
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I've also had good results with Maas polish. Any of them will remove scratches from the blade if the scratches are light enough.
 
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