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Whether the goldwash is original or not it is a beauty. Smiling blade and slight barber's notch are way cool. If those were mine I would clean them up with a paper towel and metal polish, hone them...

I've never seen a gold wash on a W&B. There may have been though, I tend to agree with Dylan and Alan that it may be some patina. OTOH, somewhere along the way someone may have treated the blade with...