How To remove light scratches from Cold Steel Carbon V?

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I've had a CS Master Hunter Carbon V for 18 years now. I hone the edge occasionally with a ceramic rod. Last year I accidentally broke that rod into pieces and kept the longest piece (which wasn't very long at all!) I continued using this short piece and began noticing light scratches near the end of my Master Hunter blade. I discovered that I was running out of stone while sharpening and the ceramic was scraping across the end of my blade.

If possible, what are some ways that I can remove these scratches without making matters worse?
 
I would use a Dremel with buffer and semi chrome or some other polish compound.
 
The only way to remove scratches
Is to actually grind down the affected area to the depth of the scratch.
Minor scratches as fine as a a micro strand of cotton wool would
Take nothing more than a normal wipe down.
Any scratch with a depth thicker than a strand of human hair
Is going to involve a bit more work.
Sometimes even sanding.
That is the process of. removing scratches.
Next There are a number of steps involved in
Getting the bare metal surface finish you want.
You have to be careful that you don't over do your hand finished polishing
As Over polishing would result in a near mirror finish
If it's really wirebrush or satin finish you want,
Avoid fine abrasives.
As the surface finishing is determined by the
Grit of the abrasive.
Meaning the polish leaves a reverse impression
On the worked areas.
Good luck with the finishing!
 
You might not like looking at them but they will not effect proformance. Could just leave them.
 
As I said in the other thread, scratches are battle scars and a badge of honor. :) It shows you used the knife, it wasn't some sissy knife sitting in a climate controlled glass case.

In the same vein, firearms: I know everyone has different tastes and I don't look down on anybody who's a gun "collector." But personally, I cannot stand 'beautiful' high cost guns, especially 1911's, that just sit in somebody's safe and never get fired. "Safe queens." All my guns, and all my knives, are users. Anything I don't use, I sell. I do try really hard to take care of them so they'll work, but if I have to beat the living snot of them to get things done, and if they get scratches or other damage that can't be fixed in the process, so be it.
 
I suspect every blade I've ever sharpened has at least a few of those scratches near the tip, for the same reason. Tip of the blade gets dragged over the corner of the hone/stone, even once, and there they are. I don't worry about them anymore; I just view them as the 'footprints' I've left in my sharpening journey.

As mentioned, sanding will be the way to remove them. But that includes the risk of still leaving that portion of the blade looking 'not quite the same' as the rest of the blade, UNLESS you entirely re-sand the whole blade. And then, even if it doesn't look scratched anymore, it's still 'different', and may not be any more appealing to the eye.


David
 
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