A Reblue Comparison~

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

John what come first proofs or finish?

At HK, parts and guns were manufactured and fitted in the white. Both LWaA inspection proofs and Final Test Proofs were applied in the white. Salt bluing then took place. In the case of small parts, they were Straw blued using heat as the oxidizing agent..

However this was not always the case as in the early days of Luger manufacture some marks were applied after bluing resulting in the halos we observe today.

John