"ktos" wrote in message
eb.com...
Just leave it alone. There is nothing wrong with the way it looks. I bet
you're the same sort of person that would remove original paint on an
antique and ruin the value.

A 30 year old door handle in that condition is only worth the value of the
metal. It's on the outside of his house for Pete's sake, of course he wants
it to look nice. An antique home with its original paint would have long
since collapsed from exposure to the elements.