Yeah I am starting to wonder about the nickel plating myself now! Wish there was an easy and cheap way to test. I found some stuff online for like $20 to test for Nickel but I don't really fancy paying twice the price of the razor plus shipping just to find out what it it is

I would like to polish the remaining marks on it but am afraid to do it yet in case it is nickel so for now I will concentrate on just getting it sharp!

I just received a new Roo strop with wool felt from SRD today with some 0.5 diamond spray so will be looking forward to using that also