Their are flats and bevels on most knives. The bevels are the part that slopes and the flats are the part that is not sloped. My Companion 3 barely had any flats so it was mostly satin while the baby had flats big enough to see your whole face in the reflection. Rosarms is one of the only companies that I have seen that has a mirror polish good enough to see a reflection with no distortion. Satin is a finish like the Scrapyard LE's. Mirror finish is also the best for preventing rust because the steels pores are closed. A media blasted finish is the opposite.

I love your taste in knives Steelfan. That old ATS-34 and the Benchmade are awesome. Blackjack make excellent cheaper knives now. I heard good things about Entrek. 440C is one of my favorite steels and takes a fantastic mirror polish. S30V is almost impossible to polish.

You should have a better sheath made if you want to carry your ATS-34 knife although i would be to afraid to lose it. Rainwalker and On Scene Tactical are 2 of my favorite sheath guys.