Hi everyone,
Although i have several good knives (mostly folders), i usually EDC one of my opinels which i like to customise them (working the handle, etching the blade) lately i started to try to polish the blade by sanding it all the way to 3000 grit and then finishing with a polishing cream, the result is nice as long as you don't look at the blade under the light, it's not really close to "mirror", i mean that you can see your face on the blade but under the light there are many many hairlines (propably from sanding) which won't seem to go away, does anybody know if i should insist more with the sandpaper or Polishing cream, am i using the wrong cream or am i missing a whole step here ?
Although i have several good knives (mostly folders), i usually EDC one of my opinels which i like to customise them (working the handle, etching the blade) lately i started to try to polish the blade by sanding it all the way to 3000 grit and then finishing with a polishing cream, the result is nice as long as you don't look at the blade under the light, it's not really close to "mirror", i mean that you can see your face on the blade but under the light there are many many hairlines (propably from sanding) which won't seem to go away, does anybody know if i should insist more with the sandpaper or Polishing cream, am i using the wrong cream or am i missing a whole step here ?