Quote Originally Posted by Stubear View Post
+1 on the micromesh, that stuff is brilliant. It works great on scales and on blades and leaves a really great finish. Then you can just hit the polished item with some MAAS (for a blade) or other polish for the scales to bring up the final finished surface.
The majpr problem with buffing is a tendency to round the edges or make little saucer-shaped depressions around holes. When I made folding knife scales, it was really important to prevent rounding where they had to contact metal with no visible space. So I fixed them together with their flat surfaces together. You can use tiny nuts and bolts, or a couiple of tiny dabs of glue, since folding knife scales will be up against metal forever, But for razor scales you could use double-sided tape, or any glue you can be sure of removing entirely. Any kind of pins in the holes will prevent saucering.

Of course razor scales don't need sharp edges on their inner surfaces. The problem with just relying on a buff to produce slight rounding, is that it may be uneven in a substance with directional grain.