Thread: Been sanding...

The few times I've done hand sanding I learned not to skip grits. You skipped 220, and I see scratches from the heavier grits still.

It could be that you left 180 before getting all the 150 scratches out. If so then you're in a pickle. I was there before on a junker I practiced on, and I ended up having to go back, but that was fruitless because I realized I was sanding so much in the end that there was no way the spine would be even when I'd go to hone it. I learned to be very careful up towards the spine.

The pros seem to think you're in worse trouble than I'm bringing up with your edge damage, so maybe you don't have to worry too much about those lines. If you do decide though to just have it as a display piece then no harm going back and trying to get rid of them I say!

You did a great job at not wiping away the nice stamp.