they are all right not worth a great deal,please don't abuse it with paint,finest grade wire wool and oil will clean it up leave areas around type and stampings alone,use a peel off gel stripper on the stock fine grade papers only to clean it back always work with the grain short strokes or you will end up with gouges never to be got rid of,try and leave as much of original stain as you can,refresh stain avoid anything red or black. just use oil linseed,walnut, proper turps mixed, into wood and keep at it.if you feel flush £40 should reblack it for you . the better you polish the metal the better the result