Blade refinishing

[SpydieZ]

I have noticed recently that alot of my spyderco knives with vg-10 steel get small scratches and scuffs from eveyday use. It doesn't bother me too much but I remeber hearing that spyderco can refinish them for you which can remove scratches from the blade steel. Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks guys :)


-Zachary

[rycen]

Spyderco doesn't offer refinishing. As part of the sharpening service they may clean up the handle/blade a small amount.

[AJF]

I'm no expert, but I've gotten pretty good results on a scratched VG10 blade by sanding it with progressively finer sandpaper, ending with .5 micron, and then applying a little Mother's Mag polish (Flitz would likely be even better).

Lee Valley has a good assortment of paper, and is doing its periodic free shipping period till 9/27. That's where I got the .5 micron paper: http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.a ... at=1,43072

Andrew

[demtek9]

In my opinion...don't worry about them. Its easier to buy a new knife.

I have a new Bob Terzuola ATCF custon knife that I just put a big ol scatch on. Guess now I can really use it :D

[THG]

I started a thread on this yesterday about using buffing wheels to clean up scratches:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showt ... p?t=776685

It doesn't work too well with regular black emery, apparently.

[v8r]

Be careful with those buffing wheels......believe me been there done that.

[LowTEC]

I agree, buffing can be very dangerous, there were a few times that the edge got caught while I was polishing the blade, the blade flew out of my hand in high speed, good thing I was wearing some heavy duty gloves. so be extra cautious or you might ended up having difficulty to get back to us and let us know what happened

[ChapmanPreferred]

You stand a good chance of removing any of the text or Spyderbug on the blade. Just an fyi. Yes please be careful when you do the work.

[AJF]

For a little hand polishing of a blade scratches, what do you guys think of these: http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/Page.a ... 3243,43245

I realize that's not what they're made for, but the small flexible size and nice progression all the way up to the super fine grits, has me interested. (That and the fact that there's just one more day till the LV free shipping ends ).

Andrew

[rycen]

You would need to do some work before jumping to the lowest (1500) grit and working your way up.

[unit]

I used to do a lot of embellishing (polishing, file work, you name it) on my knives. I found that this sort of thing was a great way to make me love a knife a lot more. It is great to have a knife that you love...and it gets even better when it becomes one of a kind and does so by your hand and to your image.

BUT!

I do not do much scratch removal or blade polishing anymore because I find that I am hesitant to actually use a knife after I just spent a few hours polishing out a scratch. Think about it...sometimes that first scratch is more of a badge than a blemish, and often it is exactly the badge a knife needs to ready it for a life of valuable work.

Enjoy them any way you like

[AJF]

rycen, yep, I wish they also had some coarser grits in the pack, but I've got those pretty well covered with paper, sanding sponges, etc.

Ken, excellent point. You can't fret too much over keeping users immaculate. But, I also buy some, use them gently a while, and then sell them. Nice to be able to keep those looking pretty. :)

Cheers,

Andrew

[v8r]

Yeah my Pic is from buffing a headlight trim ring for a 68' 442. It wasn't even sharp like a knife blade would be. It happened so fast that I didn't even know I had cut myself... that is until a coworker said "Hey Jim ahh your kinda bleedin there". :)