i did but it was before I was up to snuff so ended up sending it away, it's now one of my daily use razors and I will not be letting it go lol, as for the scales, I sanded them from 600 grit to about 1500 grit using damp wet dry paper, then dried and buffed with some jewellers rouge and then finally some maas and a bit of elbow grease with a cloth.
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