I finally got time to pick it apart and polish it up and it looks really nice though it has some pitting left that I don't think that I will bother trying to sand out.









Unfortunately the scales seemed like they had laid in water and soaked for a long while deteriorating the wood in them to the point that even sanding just pulverises it. More like driftwood than anything else so I will have to make a set of scales myself. Anyone have a tip to what material I should match these with? Maybe some nice piece of wood.