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Nice progress. I think clean and in service is just fine. Especially in the beginning. Later on as your skill set changes if you decide you could do more then you can always go back to it. I have...

Likely a glaze finish, which is kind of like a mirror finish but a little different. More burnished to a high sheen than polished if that makes any sense. There are a few threads that you could...

You will do no harm by dropping the whole shebang into a ziplock with a little neatsfoot oil.

As sqzbxr mentioned they are in fact horn scales. They are also in very good shape for their age. A little cleaning and soaking and they will be amazing. If you use a pin vice and a spit point bit...

You picked a doozy to start with. My process is pretty much the same for most restores. WD-40 and 000 or 0000 steel wool to clean it up, I may or may not first take the top layer of gunk off with a...