hedgehorn, I'm assuming you are referring to the black anodized aluminum grip frame?
If you are feeling badly about nicks and not real sure that you want the polished frame yet, you could try some of Casey's Aluminum Black metal touchup. In my experience, it does not completely blacken those shiny nicks in the aluminum but it does a pretty fair cover up. I have used it a lot on my aluminum framed Blackhawks.
It was just a thought. If you try it, you'll have nothing to lose.