? light scratch removal on polished Titanium . . .
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I could be wrong, but was thinking his handles were titanium.
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You could send it to Josh at Razor Edge Knives. He’s a WE user and Forum Participant. I’m sure he can repair it. I’d call him or PM him to view your post and picture to give you an estimate and turn-around time. He does beautiful work. I see he has a “Chat Live” feature at his website!
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(MarcH's Rack-Its)Two strikes. First, as mentioned above by Mikedoh, CRK frames are titanium, not stainless steel. This is why you probably made it worse using the abrasives you used. Second, even if you sent it to CRK, they would not do a refurbishment (spa treatment) on it as it is an inlaid model. They only do spa treatments on models without inlays. They would clean it up as best as they could and redo the edge and polish the blade … but not much they would do about the scratches. To remove the scratches properly, the inlays would need to be removed.
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Two strikes. First, as mentioned above by Mikedoh, CRK frames are titanium, not stainless steel. This is why you probably made it worse using the abrasives you used. Second, even if you sent it to CRK, they would not do a refurbishment (spa treatment) on it as it is an inlaid model. They only do spa treatments on models without inlays. They would clean it up as best as they could and redo the edge and polish the blade … but not much they would do about the scratches. To remove the scratches properly, the inlays would need to be removed.
Thanks for your reply. I’ll probably re-sell this knife as Im looking for a similar model only with a Damascus blade. So I don’t want to put a lot of time or money into it. I’d like to just break even.
Chris Reeve C/S said they will try and polish it out, but like I said its a 4-6 week turnaround.
I’m sure if I knew what product to use to polish it with and by what method I could do it myself. The scratch can’t be felt with a finger nail and it only can be seen at a certain angle. Nothing much on youtube.
I don’t want to take Josh’s time up answering my question as he’s running a business.
See pic “without magnification”. It is not that bad as I polished most of it out. But if its in my collection, it has to be corrected.
You’re going to need to flip the knife over to show the same side as in the first picture.
Just one of those days . . .
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I agree with what you say on the form factors of various brands. The problem with collecting folders is you have to “buy” them to “try” them. And I first collected most of the iconic models. Then I started leaning towards the Benchmade brand as I liked their styling and their axis locking system where you just pull back on a small button on each side of the blade to release it. And They have sooo many models.
But I’ve moved onto collecting mostly the Chris Reeve Brand now and will re-sell most of my other ones.
I so agree on what your observations are on various types of knives. I too “at first” said pocket clips suck, I’m better off taking them off. And if I wore jeans all the time keeping knife in bottom of pocket was fine as I’ve learned I dont put my phone in the same pocket as my keys (ask me how I know this NOW).
But with dress slacks or a suit the knife tends to move sidesways all the time especially when driving. Benchmade sends you a free deep carry clip just by calling and asking for one in either black or silver. I use Deep carry on all my EDC’s. I work in an office enviroment so I don’t feel comfortable walking around with 20% of a knife poking out of my pocket with a regular clip. Deep carry you don’t see it at all. Also a dark clip you don’t notice the clip. This also frees up the rest of the pocket for other stuff. Keys at bottom, knife at top in the same pocket.
An iconic knife is the Spyderco Para Millitary 2. I think most people like it as they are playing soldier, hence the name. I never got the attraction of its design. It feels like a toy. Has a frame lock and most brands do the same thing with frame locks that when they make the handles in titanium the other side is ugly and open. But these designs grow on you. I never liked the taste of beer at first. Same for wine. Now many of these knife iconic knife designs were ground breaking and other brands started copying each other whenever a design took off. Side note: Chris Reeve invented the frame lock I think. Wiki chris reeve, just an amazing story from his first designs in 1987. An iconic custom designer.
The Spyderco frame lock is actually a cool design. Its opens so easily and can be opened and closed with one hand and when closing the blade as it falls back into the handle your fingers are not under the blade as with many other designs. That spidey hole to release the blade one handed was another iconic invention.
I also have a few benchmade assisted opening models which are amazing. These are not “automatic” openers as like switchblades which are illegal in NY.
They are just spring assisted when opening which are great for one hand operation. Nice if you are a linesman swinging off a pole and need to use your knife with one hand.
I’ve moved onto the Chris Reeves brand because they are not production knives like the less expensive brands. ***Watch his facory tour part one and part two video on youtube since we sharpen knives he gives us a lot of insught on how his knives are made***. He shows what you were talking about as to how he sandblasts or polishes the handles in a rotating maching. If bought right like on a trading forum, they hold their values and can be re-sold years later for a profit as the costs of materials and labor rises, so does your used knife. Just like as a new car price rises each year it pulls up the values of used cars.
Many collect knives and just keep them in a safe (much like art collectors) hence the term “its a safe queen” meaning like new in box and never used.
Nothing wrong with carrying an EDC beater as you do thats what most knives are for to be used as tools. But if one collects them for future resale or trade they need to be kept in pristine condition. Many are fanatics with their collections especially the Chris Reeve Brand. One member there shows her collection of all of her 150 different Chris Reeves knives. At and average price of $500 per knife add that one up. But she trades them or sells them to other members. Its a community of knife lovers that seem to just keep passing knives from memeber to member like some do that are car or art collectors.
Another ugly ass brand to me is the ZT line. They too have the naked titanium side to them.
And thanks for that colostomy visual picture . . . enjoyed that one as I was biting into my cinnamon raisin english muffin this AM as I was reading it.
Another youtube video to watch a few vids on how is how a Smith makes Damascus steel for some of these expensive blade designs. To reach a certain level of his trade, he has to put a steel billet together and heat it, pound it and “fold it over 1200 times into itself” to be certified. An amazing process to watch since we all like blades to sharpen.
Also for fun and learning about various knives pick an iconic brand and model and pull up that model on youtube under Nick Shabazz. His voice and accent are one in a milion but he reviews each knife with humor and he tells it like it is . . . the good, the bad and the ugly with each model before you would buy a certain knife. You will be entertained and walk away saying. . . . “and dats a beautiful ting”!
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I have a relationship with knives that’s somewhat different from most knife nuts. I see them as tools or as works of art or a combination of the two. I do not see them as weapons – an attitude that leaves me cold when watching “Forged in Fire.” I hate that these knifemakers – a number of which are true artists – are forced to produce in a few hours a crappy weapon which is not a true reflection of their abilities.
I’ve never been a collector. My frugal upbringing has ingrained in me that if I wanted a new gun or a new car, I had to sell the old one. That’s changed a bit as I grow older and have more disposable resources, but I still don’t truly understand the need to amass collections of things, so please forgive my questioning of how knives should be used.
Your comments about selling knives for more than their original retail value is news to me. I always assumed they depreciated. I should know better, as I always sold my guns for more than I paid for them. This amazes my wife, who knows that she couldn’t get more than 40% back on her diamonds and jewelry. An exception, of course, is her gold jewelry, which has appreciated simply because of the gold content.
That Damascus CRK is a beautiful example of a tool that’s a work of art. Love it.
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Those light scratches that I was trying to remove were getting better using a Dremel on the slowest variable speed with the felt wheel attachement and trying various polishing componds like the .25 diamond spray, the paste polish that came with the Dremel polishing kit and then Brasso.
It was a work in progress UNTIL I took my Grandchildren to a kids playland and was walking around there for hours not realizing that I had put the same polished Titanium knife in my same shorts pocket as my car keys . . . Rut Row!
I had to use the dremel again and it got out the deeper scratches again. Its still a work in progress, but dabbing a q-tip into a little Brasso liquid and just rubbing back and forth is bringing it back to its original polished surface. I think a few more treatments ought to do it!
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