How I removed scratched from stone wash blade

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Good Morning BF,

I had great success removing scratches and tarnish from the stonewashed blade on my large Sebenza 21. I thought I’d share...

On my way to work yesterday, I noticed a weird tarnished patch on my blade. I got to work, tried to remove with alcohol, soap, oil... no effects. I thought, hmmm, maybe some 2000 grit sandpaper would do the trick. It did not remove the tarnish, but it was successful at leaving crazy scratches on the blade.

Now feeling very discouraged, I remembered that I had a big chunk of the green bark river compound in my drawer. I put a drop of tuff glide oil on the blade, colored the compound on like it was a big crayon, wiped it around a bit with a q tip, and then wiped it clean. I repeated this 30 second process about 6 more times, and the scratches disappeared, as did the tarnish. The stone wash blade looks perfect. I even flipped the knife over and repeated the process on another known scratch, and it was removed as well.

I am not sure how this would work on a blade with satin finish, but I was pretty amazed by its effect on the stone wash.

Save the trip to the spa, and give it a shot.

Here are some quick pics -
https://imgur.com/gallery/xMGHxkA
 
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jfowler1 said:
Good Morning BF,

I had great success removing scratches and tarnish from the stonewashed blade on my large Sebenza 21. I thought I’d share...

On my way to work yesterday, I noticed a weird tarnished patch on my blade. I got to work, tried to remove with alcohol, soap, oil... no effects. I thought, hmmm, maybe some 2000 grit sandpaper would do the trick. It did not remove the tarnish, but it was successful at leaving crazy scratches on the blade.

Now feeling very discouraged, I remembered that I had a big chunk of the green bark river compound in my drawer. I put a drop of tuff glide oil on the blade, colored the compound on like it was a big crayon, wiped it around a bit with a q tip, and then wiped it clean. I repeated this 30 second process about 6 more times, and the scratches disappeared, as did the tarnish. The stone wash blade looks perfect. I even flipped the knife over and repeated the process on another known scratch, and it was removed as well.

I am not sure how this would work on a blade with satin finish, but I was pretty amazed by its effect on the stone wash.

Save the trip to the spa, and give it a shot.
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You mean that 4-6 week round trip for the knife finally getting back to you from CRK :mad: I still have a small Sebenza in limbo there . . . Thanks for that great tip on removing blade scratches. Mine came with a few hardly noticeable scratches. I have a few different compounds, emulsions, diamond sprays as low as 0.25 microns that I use with my wicked edge sharpening system and I was going to try and use them to polish out the scratches. At least I now know if they don't work I can pick up some bark river compound :thumbsup:
 
I might have to try that the next time I'm at work :p, just don't have that kind of time at the house, so I've been living with a few scratched up blades.
You may also look at the Super Eraser, great for removing stuff from your blade while not scratching it. Also good for carbon steel blades.
 
Ajack60 said:
I might have to try that the next time I'm at work :p, just don't have that kind of time at the house, so I've been living with a few scratched up blades.
You may also look at the Super Eraser, great for removing stuff from your blade while not scratching it. Also good for carbon steel blades.
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Super eraser ? I've never heard of such a thing.
 
BellaBlades said:
Super eraser ? I've never heard of such a thing.
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You just had to make me take a quick pic ;) now didn't you

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I must have scratched the blade again when I was sharpening yesterday. No worries - a little green compound, a drop of oil, q tip, and two minutes later the scratches are gone.

I updated the OP with a couple pictures in case anyone needs proof of concept.
 
I know this is an older post....but i had scratched up a Koenig Mini Goblin that Bill had put together himself for me and was so bummed that i had messed up the beautiful mirror stonewash he puts on the blade. Happened to come across this post and decided it couldn't hurt to try since i had some green compound laying around. Worked PERFECTLY. Thanks so much for the tip OP!! Great knife restoration tip!!
 
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