Ithaca Lewis Restoration

[ssgross]

I have the frame almost all polished out. Not too much. Some of the more aggressive dings are still there. It's new only once. I'm not trying to change that. So now we are at a crossroads. I need some help deciding how to finish it. My options seem to be
1. Matte polish and leave in the white.
2. Rust blue, or do a "weathered" rust blue.
3. Faux color case hardening. I would likely weather this a bit too so it doesn't look overly "new". I've seen some good results with https://steelfxpatinas.com/product/g...-complete-set/ (don't need the whole set to do it)

Thoughts?

[Stan Hoover]

Sam,

Everyone likes what they like, but, I would either give it a matte French gray finish or possible toned down case color.

Blued is just incorrect and new case colors just look gawdy.

Stan