Thread: First go at a restoration

This is after the 600 grit. The perfectionist in me says I should go back to the 400 to get the last little pitting out that I missed. The realist in me says to let it go lol. I'll sleep on it and see what I decide.

So I decided to go back down to 400 for a while then take it up the grits and finish with 2000. I'm hoping I spent enough time on each grit.



Should hand polishing be enough? I'm definitely not brave enough to put them on a polisher, I would send it out if that was the case.

That can be polished out by hand, I would start with a cutting compound before a polishing compound. It looks like you are doing fine.

Awesome, thanks! Would a mothers or a turtle wax brand cleaner polish work to start?

The polishes could take a long time. While you can try I usually start with a true cutting compound and Turtle makes a cutting compound.

Yeah I'm with ya. I'll have to see if I can snag some from the store tomorrow.

edit to add : I'm thinking that would also be good to try on the scales to clean them up.

Well the blade didn't turn out half bad for a first timer, if I do say so myself.




The problem is, I was just finished giving it a final wipe down and it slipped.....





I shot gssixgun an email to see if he had any ideas. I would like to keep the good scale on because it has the molded Crown & Sword Logo on it. Grrr

You cracked the back scale though, so the one with the logo is still good right????

You are correct

Originally Posted by dewey81

You are correct

I am pretty sure I have one to match in the bench box then I keep everything that might ever be usable