npub1x7sqz885v2gw2yya73k2k7t32t22uj8hxn5lj7972hs04v824ysqffy9ue (npub1x7s…y9ue) that's the varnish coating, wearing off, no? I wouldn't be too concerned with that. Use it enough and a nice patina forms on the wood.
I mean, this one has decades' worth of skin oils, coffee oils, etc on it.
I thought you were referencing their colour ones peeling.