After tearing apart many many boxes post moving twice in 6 months, I finally found RRD’s original bow handle. I’m not sure if it was me, or perhaps a drag across concrete that put a nasty gouge in the aluminum.
After two days, a lot of products, multitudes of high number sandpaper. two very sore and abraded hands, look at how it gleams!!
I think the gouge gives it character. Shout out to Alan Glos who put that thought in my head!
It’s very satisfying. I did mine I think by hand. Start with a rough grit and work your way up, using polishing compound at the last several stages, with wet/dry sandpaper.