I like polish as long as I have a cape cod cloth handy.
But is the rep steel that much softer than the genuine?
I have a geniune 111 (it is the only one I can afford) but the scratches on the polished portion are very superficial and easily remedied. But the scratches on the brushed crown gaurd seem much deeper as more difficult to repair as it is hard to match the brush strokes in one small area to the surrounding area.