Quote Originally Posted by sharpshavefun007 View Post
Great input! Yeah I use up to 2,000 grit but then what? is there a compound you can just buff the steel until it is mirror. I just want to get rid of the hairlike scratches from paper??????
There is no magical and easy way. It takes lots of patience and determination. The most important is to always remove the previous scratches before moving forward in the polishing pyramid. Sandpaper can be had up until 3000 grit and there's micro mesh that continues all the way up to 12K.

There's power tools that help speed up the process but care must be taken as to not overheat the blade and loose a few fingers at the same time. Security is very important. There's the buffer which can be used with different wheels and compounds, the dremel with felt wheel and green turtle wax rubbing compound.

Doing a search for mirror polish brings up many good threads too.