Mine is bedded and NM serial puts it mid 70s if I remember right. Was a beautiful piece that I knew I'd have to buy soon as I saw it... i had just bought a SA from the rack cause i wanted one so bad (before ODT ) sold it same week to help fund the NM i may have a problem.....hahah
Birchwood casy make a blueing and rust remover. I was very impressed with the way it worked. 00 steel wool and the remover, elbow grease and patients. Looks like scale rust and not so many pits. And 1/2 inch wood a coping saw and sand paper ( elbow grease and patience again) and it would look...