Hey folks,

I recently purchased a Bengal razor from a vender on Ebay. He advertized it as having buffalo horn scales. When I received it, I thought, "Well, I suppose they're buffalo horn." But somehow they did look smoother than the horn scales I've worked with before. Anyway, today I set about cleaning this razor. Working in a school of optometry, a co-worker suggested that I place the razor in a vibrating bath, used for cleaning glasses. I did this for 5 minutes, just to see what would happen. Well, it really did clean up nicely. I am almost finished, now, using a dremmel and some metal polish. However, the scales went from black to brown. Is this normal? I got this for my wife's birthday, and I know she's not going to like this color. Am thinking of applying black shoe polish. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
George