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And so it begins -- Walker
As you can see on the before pic, there were a couple of relatively substantial nicks on the blade. I removed them on the rough hone and cleaned up most of the rust with a felt pad and polishing compound. The cleaning also revealed some scratches, but this is just the beginning. Enough for day one especially since I have a lot of work-related stuff to do and I'm still very sick. Stuff left to do on this blade (other than disinfecting it):
1) Hand sanding for the rest of the rust pitting and for those tiny scratches. I can't feel them with my hand but they're definately there. Would 1000 grit be ok?
2) Another polish (first with the compound and then a hand-polish with CLR polisher)
3) Tightening the pin
4) A whole lot of honing (the only thing it's good for now is as a butter knife)