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Originally Posted by anim8d
I see grinding/sanding marks, and an almost orange peel finish from some kind of sealer. You can see it in both photos where the tang meets the blade.
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I agree. Those look like whoever did the knife stopped grinding at 60 grit. You'll get some differing opinions, no doubt, but I normally hand sand my blades to 800 grit before etching. Although lately I've started playing around with etching at 400 grit and I'm not sure I see much of a difference. After the etch, I polish off the high spots with either 2000 or 5000 grit paper with a very hard sanding block.
If this isn't going to be used with food, and you plan on doing more damascus blades, you might want to consider using GunKote bake on enamels.