I'll vote for highly polished. Is that wire wheel marks on the fore end iron? The "L C SMITH" engraving looks like it was wheel buffed to me as well. I'm also interested in what the real experts and collectors think... Nice candidate for restoration, though..

Last edited by Ken61; 03/29/14 04:49 PM.

I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.