No, I tried several times. I'm not sure what happened, I think maybe my jacket zipper caught it. But I can feel the scratch with my nail so I don't think it's superficial enough to buff out. I tried a dab of Cadillac conditioner with a cloth too to see if that would help but it didn't really. I'm thinking of buying the leather restoring pen from Harvedeluxe to at least color it in so it's not so visible. I got this as "beater" micro bag to use and abuse so I'm not tooooo upset, but it does suck that I nicked it on the first outing lol.