Has anyone tried to remove a mother of pearl tang cover? There is some really nasty stuff right along the space where the MOP and the tang meet that I would like to get to. Ideally I would like to take the MOP off the tang so I don't run the chance of ruining one while working on the other! The pins on this particular razor don't looked peened in any fashion, so maybe they are glued in. I'd like to save myself the embarrassment of drilling the pins out only to find the MOP is glued onto the tang. Any thoughts?

I've heard Cape Cod polishing cloth is the way to go on MOP...any large chain stores carry it?

Thanks,
Robert