Brent: polish.
Mar. 30th, 2012 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madmaxthesniperBolsters, blade and th elock were polished with: 150, 320, 600, 1200 and 2500 grit snadpaper till they mildly.. mirrorish. All done by hand.
It's not exactly the mirror you used to see, but this is damascus steel - I call it "lazy man steel", cause the pattern of the damascus hides all the blemishes and unevens of the surface, so the better finish is simply not necessary - whatever I've done is already an overkill.
I finished off with the Dremel cloth wheel and red rouge compound, just in case.
As I said, this step didn't ake that long - 150 grit took care of all of the major surface imperfections before I took finer sandpaper in my hands.
Beauty jumps out soon, very soon, you will not belive your eyes.
It's not exactly the mirror you used to see, but this is damascus steel - I call it "lazy man steel", cause the pattern of the damascus hides all the blemishes and unevens of the surface, so the better finish is simply not necessary - whatever I've done is already an overkill.
I finished off with the Dremel cloth wheel and red rouge compound, just in case.
As I said, this step didn't ake that long - 150 grit took care of all of the major surface imperfections before I took finer sandpaper in my hands.
Beauty jumps out soon, very soon, you will not belive your eyes.
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