Oh, it wasn't a criticism, I think it looks fantastic as it is... It was more general interest on the level of finish they would have achieved when it was made.
By this time, most of the guns we see have what it referred to as 'patina', but no one is old enough to remember what they looked like when they were new I guess unless we happen across one that's been in a posh gun rack for 80 years
Cheers for pen info too...