What is the polish you are using? I need to know a good one for a few of mine.
FWIW, I seem to have read somewhere that the lacquer wasn't applied on earlier razors? Can anyone confirm this, maybe name a year or even an era when the change occurred (IIRC, they said plated had the lacquer, where earlier razors were not plated but gold filled?).
It is called Weiman Royal Sterling. I got it at Target. It was the only polish that did not have a warning about lacquered surfaces. Weiman makes another one that does warn against using it on lacquered surfaces, but this one does not.
Here is what it looks like: