Hello guys,

Can the experts please advise me on how best to clean out pits that I've decided to leave (in areas that don't affect the work of the blade), or in particular stamps on the tang?

I've got a few blades, some I've sanded up and then polished with Mother's, others that I just polished with Mother's. When you polish with Mother's it makes that black gunky stuff which I've tried my damnedest to buff off with clean cloths over and over again rubbing for hours, but I can't get down inside the stamps or in some of the pits, so those areas are left black.

I've tried toothpicks to poke in the cloth, but they just snap and don't do much. I've tried an old toothbrush also without much success.

Thanks for any tips.