I decided to mirror polish all the fittings. It’s not that noticeable in the pics though I don’t think. In hand it definitely was. I think I’m gonna do the blade spine next. Theres a little flat spot from the factory that I can’t stop looking at lol.
Got the spine polished because once the idea was in my head, I couldn’t leave it be. Not sure what they leave the belt finish at, maybe 800? I used 1000, 1500, 2000 and then buffed with Mother’s mag polish
After about three weeks of carry with only mild usage it's looking new still. The thumb stud is going through the normal changes on que. Some of you may have noticed, I did because new blade blemishes stand out. Some strange parallel lines near the stud. Carboard cutting maybe? So ya, it's all going great. The edge holds good and gets very sharp easily.
Pretty special NKD today - got lucky enough to snag a UG Impinda second hand, something i've been lusting after since I first saw it in the banner image of a certain FB group.. I'm a truly lucky man today.