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Smooth and Satin (not Lingerie)
Just beautiful work... and a fascinating post! I have an "I.Barber" stubtail (7/8")-- the name stamped in the same place, same blade design, with "Silver Steel" on the front of the tang, and no maker's mark. What's really interesting is that after reading some posts by gssixgun about his satin finish method, I decided to refinish my blade with the spine and tang polished to a mirror finish, but the blade in satin. And now I've run across this one of yours! Great minds, eh?
Anyway, my new shipment of wet/dry sandpaper arrived in today's mail, so I'll be starting on it this weekend. You weren't my inspiration, but I value "proof of concept" even more!!
Photos will be taken... and, eventually, posted.
The first two are of the blade as-is/was
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The second two are after "fooling around" with 1500-grit sandpaper (was the lowest grit I had, at the time)
The scratches came with the blade, and will be dealt-with.
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