There are 2 razors I'm working on right now. One is a Schulze razor I got for cheap. It looks barely used. I also got a Nobel japanese straight. It's in decent condition. Both had scratches in the scales. The Schulze I'm working on honing and then I need to sand the scales. The Nobel's scales were wet sanded to 12k grit. The scales look amazing. The razor arrived shave ready so I'm struggling to decide if I want to sand the blade and tang to get the blade looking as good as the scales. I forgot to take pics of the scales on the Nobel before starting to sand. The dull pics are after 1k wet sand.