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I have a Spyderco Sage 1 and was sharpening with my sharpmaker and smacked the blade off of the rod. Now my knife has some small and one large surface scratch! If this happened on my tenacious I wouldn't have cared but not my baby! . Also I E-Mailed Spyderco asking them what they reccommend and am waiting for a reply. If any of you could help it would be appreciated! Thanks
~Zach

ZippoZach wrote:I have a Spyderco Sage 1 and was sharpening with my sharpmaker and smacked the blade off of the rod. Now my knife has some small and one large surface scratch! If this happened on my tenacious I wouldn't have cared but not my baby! . Also I E-Mailed Spyderco asking them what they reccommend and am waiting for a reply. If any of you could help it would be appreciated! Thanks
~Zach

Sorry to hear that. Can you take a picture of your knife for people to see the problem? That would make it easier for someone to offer a suggestion.


Jack

Yeah, thanks. I'll post one later today.

It's a light surface scratch


~Zach

ZippoZach wrote:It's a light surface scratch


~Zach

If its just a light surface scratch don't worry about. Continue to use the knife.

I'd side with Broccoli, but if it's just a light surface scratch you're in luck. There are countless polishing methods to remove scratches from metal, usually involving an abrasive polishing compound, abrasive cloth or paper, and either manual application or polishing on a buffing wheel or with a Dremel and felt wheel.

If you remove it this way, you might be able to get rid of the scratch at the risk of having a very shiny spot in your blade. Then it wouldn't look right either and you might want to polish the entire blade.

The first scratch is the worst. I have tried all kinds of methods to getting a scratch out. IMO I think the knife looks better with the scratch on a factory finish then an attempt to repair finish.

Sorry, I feel for you. We all love knives and it pains us when the first scratch happens. Unless you "safe queen" it, this happens. Consider it a badge of honor.
I'm not good at polishing or sanding out scratches, they have(in the past) ended up worse than before.
What I do is "stonewash" the whole blade, this hides the scratches and not bad looking.

Good luck. :)

Thanks Guys, but I'm OCD and cant stand it! Spyderco got back to me and reccommended to use Flitz. I'll give it a whirl i guess. If it doesnt work I'm keeping the scratch because I cant take sandpaper to it! I appreciate it!

~Zach

This should make short work of that scratch:

There are no OCD people here :D .

If you let it out of the box you take the risk. A safe queen that get's let loose, even for sharpening is fair game Let the Sage loose in the world and enjoy all of it :) The Sage line is a very useful one :) I'm only OCD about the edge :D

Yeah, I did that to my gentleman's folder, when I tried to use a paper wheel to sharpen. It's terrible, the scratches, and I never did get it sharp. Finally sent it in for Service, and they did a good job. The scratches are still there, of course. I never see 'em anymore.
Sonny

Scratches on my tenacious dont bother me. It;s the sage thats drivinng me nuts

ZippoZach wrote:Scratches on my tenacious dont bother me. It;s the sage thats drivinng me nuts

Oh yeh, that's really bad. That knife is effed up for sure. I'll PM you my shipping address so I can do you a favor and dispose of it properly.

chuck_roxas45 wrote:Oh yeh, that's really bad. That knife is effed up for sure. I'll PM you my shipping address so I can do you a favor and dispose of it properly.

I bet you would! xD Or you could just buy me a new one!

Hey Zippo, now that your Sage is scratched and the scratch is really unrepairable without refinishing the entire blade, I have to suggest you just give in and use it. It's a liberating experience :)

Scratches that come from usage of the knife just enhance its character and over time you might grow to like the blade a lot more. It's a right of passage for a knife :D

A scratch from USE wouldnt bother me. Its my stupidity that i dont need reminded of! LOL

ZippoZach wrote:A scratch from USE wouldnt bother me. Its my stupidity that i dont need reminded of! LOL

Where do you hide a tree? Put it in the forest.

So how do you hide your scratch?