Compounds and types of buffing wheels are rather specific to the type of steels you use. I use mostly Stainless and put all of my information on mirror polishing in bp0235 that bp should resurface in the not too distant future. I think the absolute best semi-poflished finish in myopinion is to take it all the way to mirror polish and assure there are not flaws. Then hand sand with a small ,contoured block with some 600 wet or dry paper useing long carful strokes to prevent fish hooks when you change directions. The flat of the blade in the rikasso area has to bee done before fitting the guards. If you contact any of the knife materials suppliers and tell them what steel you use they will guide you to the right stuff. I personnally deal with K & G in Lakeside AZ as Ken ,the owner is a knife maker. If you have a 2" X 72" inch belt sander they make a huge difference in finishing a blade. I can plish a four inch hunter to mirror in less than a half hour and the time spent on a buffer is less than five minutes of that. As LDW says above, it can all be done by hand if that is what you have to work with.
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