Thread: To buff, or not to buff?

So, I'll make this one quick... I found a new Torrey today, and I can't decide whether or not to buff it. It has "Our Beauty" in a sort of frosted-etch on the blade (if I buff it, the etch is history, most likely) However, it also has surface staining and water spots (that would be cleaned off almost as easily as the etch) that I really want to get rid of.

So, if it were your blade, would you want to keep the etch and have a semi-grubby looking blade (I know some of you prefer the aged look, so please take no offense to that term... Just my preference) Or would you rather have a fully polished blade that lost it's etch?

Cheers,
Jeremy

EDIT: Oh right... Pictures... Sorry for the low quality, these were hastily shot