Satin Blade Finish - How it is produced & repaired?

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I have several knives with a Satin finish and prefer this look to the polished look. I was curious how the satin finish is produced on a blade.

The other reason I am interested is because most of my Satin blades are scuffed / scratched from use and I am wondering how I can restore the satin finish on the blade?

Thanks for the help!
 
just like barkes said, you drag the sandpaper from ricasso to tip in one long stroke, if you go back and forth it wont work, start at a low grit and work your way up till your happy. if theyre only light scratches you wont have to start as low as 120 but if theyre deep you might. also you can go as high as you like maybe 4-600 on a user and higher if you preffer it.
brett
 
Thanks. Any preferred interval of Grit? How is the mirror finish then achieved? I assumed at the finest grit levels is how you would polish it up to a mirror finish. OBviously I have very little experience with this sort of thing!
 
fine scotchbrite belt loaded with 600 grit compound.
Scott
 
In my opinion, any grit beyond 600 is hand polished, and not satin. If it's a working knife, I stop at 220 on a slack belt, but one could go maybe 400 mif you wanted.
 
LRB said:
In my opinion, any grit beyond 600 is hand polished, and not satin. If it's a working knife, I stop at 220 on a slack belt, but one could go maybe 400 mif you wanted.
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So to remove light scratches or scuffing on a satin blade, maybe start with 220 Grit sandpaper and start rubbing. When you do this is it try, or is there any lubricant/oil or anything you should use (analogous to maybe a wet stone)?

Does the direction of the sanding matter? For example along the length of the blade or down the width? OR is this more a preference of how you want it to look when you are done?
 
holmsy said:
just like barkes said, you drag the sandpaper from ricasso to tip in one long stroke, if you go back and forth it wont work, start at a low grit and work your way up till your happy. if theyre only light scratches you wont have to start as low as 120 but if theyre deep you might. also you can go as high as you like maybe 4-600 on a user and higher if you preffer it.
brett
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To: KnifeFury When you hand rub your blade up to a 1500 grit, now you will need to go over to the buffer and buff it out to the mirror finish. You will know when it is right. You will need to use the Dark Green compound. Check out my knife shop for a better illustrations. You can see two of my Buffers there in my shop. I hope this was of help to you and God bless.

Barkes :)
http://my.hsonline.net/wizrad/knifeshop.htm
 
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