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I agree with leaving them as is. the lines at the contact point on the scales is pretty typical. Keep it clean, dry it well, ( I let mine sit out overnight in the open position) and wax the...

I could be wrong here, but this design Henckles (that I have seen) have always been in fancy celluloid scales,

which were notorious "rotters" so I would hazard a guess that those scales were...