Scratches on Sebenza handles - treatable?

[jeegeet]

I got a small used lefty Sebbie with handles scratched like HELL. I don't worry about it too much, but I was wondering whether applying some tiny grit sand paper would help. (Noticed some other people worrying about scratches too).

Note, it is not worthy for me to send it back to Chris (I know he'd make it look new again

). The knife is still awesome and if I can do something to "help" the scratches then great, if not HEY, I'm not afraid of scratching it anymore

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Kris

 

[RLR]

ScotchBrite pads ?!?!?

The exclamation means "Try at your own risk" but the ScotchBrite pads work wonders on Spyderco Stainless handles and some people even finish blades with them. So go ahead and "Try at your own risk..."

Cheers,

RLR

 

[DonL]

Scotch-Brite pads might work, but you wouldn't get that even, blasted finish. I would look around and see if you or a friend or somebody else would have a sand or bead blaster. We have one out in our shop area, and a couple times when my Sebbie was incorrigably "trashed", I disassembled it, gave it a light bead blasting, lubed, and re-assembled. As long as it doesn't need a fresh factory edge, you can do this sort of thing yourself.

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[Chiro75]

You have three possible fixes for this problem:
1) Mirror finish. This will scratch like crazy, but it is do-able. Looks gorgeous, but it will last all of about ten minutes on a knife.
2) Bead blast. This is easy. Disassemble the knife and take it to an auto repair shop that has a bead blast (preferred over sandblast) cabinet. Talk to a guy and tell him you'll slip him a few bucks on his next smoke break to LIGHTLY bead blast the knife handles. Most are more than willisng to do this for a few bucks pocket change, or a dozen donuts in the AM.
3) Satin finish- this is easily done with Scotchbrite pads. Merlin bicycles (world's premier manufacturer of high-end titanium racing frames) uses Scotchbrite pads on all their satin-finished frames. Depending on how deep the scratches are, you may need to use some wet/dry sandpaper this first time, though, but once you achieve your finish you should be able to touch up for maintenance on a regular basis with the Scotchbrite pads. Four colors are available: brown, which is a low (coarse) grit, maroon (seems to be about a 400 grit or slightly coarser), gray (around a 500-600 grit) and white (excellent as a last step before a polish probably 1500 or higher).



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