Coffee Bean Blank, keeping the lumpy?

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Bikerdad

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I have a coffee bean blank that I picked up sometime last decade from Craft Supplies, and I turned it down today to use in a Big Ben EDC. This blank is made with unstabilized beans, so there is a LOT of difference in the hardness of the bean vs the resin. I'm okay with that, and my son, for some odd reason, really likes the lumpiness that the blank has at this point. I have 3 coats of thin CA and 4 coats of medium on it now, still a bit lumpy, and my challenge is this:

How best to sand and polish while keeping the lumpy? I have Abranet, Foam backed Micromesh, regular sandpaper, cotton shotgun patches, multiple varieties of plastic polish, and a buffer. Lots of different options.
 
Why not leave it with a satin finish. I did a one last week where I put 5 coats of thin CA and used 1200 grit paper wetted with McGuires polish . It was smooth as silk with a nice satin finish.
 
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