Trail Master 440SS Japan , what would you do ?

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Drum4fun

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Picked at a yard sale for $1. Trail Master 440 Stainless Japan . (Found sheath for $8). Able to get a pretty good edge . Unfortunately, someone with a power carved grooves with an out of control power tool into both sides. A pretty good boot knife dagger that feels good in the grip.
How would you repair the cosmetics , or should I ?
https://imgur.com/a/uypxwXV
 
Wet/dry sandpaper, lubricated with a lite oil and applied with a generious amount of elbow grease.. Starting about 220 grit, and progressively going up in grit till you get the finish you like.

Here is an example.
AM-JKLVsJTKeTHGHx3HaBbWR9dJYhA5Zj6jL5JlcQusXnxE8nTIOYlecBFSWieVnSIAkl41bcyW1HozcoMg05xyTp5b8p-2EiGGgByx0RSKXOXvSBMmIUk7pC08GNMwDDiSuth0RVskcJkNi73M6Bff9qZO1=w1024

AM-JKLVfwvHLEZCNlksP2XcH-wL441omNLW51GkffRkN19-G6YFwqvqSB6tPyE0IqXg3nPkuQTTfEhpK5fmdEDxffKTygTK30f0f6sx4c5NMu8HMTjs2qnhIxqo0YGhjQpAfdUR1jvPN_dUcSmWkkY8TU7cx=w1024


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Old Biker beat me to it. I was just typing 220 grit sand paper when his post appeared.

I don't think you'll be able to make those grinder/chatter marks disappear, but you can reduce their severity.

I'd wrap the sand paper around a rectangular section of thick rubber to serve as a sanding block (rubber will conform to the contours of the blade better than a piece of wood), but a large, thick rectangular pencil eraser will work also
 
Thank you all for the advice. This Japan Trail Master appear to hold pretty good build quality . Wet/dry thru various degrees it is. I’ll post when resuscitation is complete. Will try my best not to get too type A about it (as I have done in the past).
Thanks again ( good day at the swap meet today … picked some quality blades…but that’s for another post.
 
A dremel with coarse grit scotchbrite wheel would clean that up easy. Funny they call that a Trailmaster, the cold steel Trailmaster is a large bowie.
 
KenHash said:
The thread title really got me confused. I never knew the name "Trail Master" was ever used by anyone other than Cold Steel.
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Yeah ! I looked at OP pic and thought immediately someone had sold him something under false pretense or mistaken ID .

Not even close to any Cold Steel Trail Master , but obviously not a copy .

Just uses same name .

Not a bad looking find . Just use as beater ,as is; or sand / polish until you're happy ! :)
 
Well …. Taken about as far as I want to go. Wet/dry sanding caused loss of laser etched “Trail Master 440 Stainless Japan “. Did give up some steel in the process with uncovering of additional blend. i.e. not perfect but serviceable. I enjoyed the process. Now , over to the Lansky to re-work the edges. I’ve noticed
the tip has blunted ( not good for a dagger ) . If I don’t look too closely a passable rejuvenation. I give my effort a solid “B”. Thanks to all for the advice. Sorry if I mis-led with the post title , I just copied the
nomenclature off the blade.
https://imgur.com/a/Fbh47Hf
 
Drum4fun said:
Well …. Taken about as far as I want to go. Wet/dry sanding caused loss of laser etched “Trail Master 440 Stainless Japan “. Did give up some steel in the process with uncovering of additional blend. i.e. not perfect but serviceable. I enjoyed the process. Now , over to the Lansky to re-work the edges. I’ve noticed
the tip has blunted ( not good for a dagger ) . If I don’t look too closely a passable rejuvenation. I give my effort a solid “B”. Thanks to all for the advice. Sorry if I mis-led with the post title , I just copied the
nomenclature off the blade.
https://imgur.com/a/Fbh47Hf
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Not blend, meant blem . Charles
 
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