question on painted numbers

[Sergio Natali]

In spite of what may be a personal taste "collectibles" are collectibles and should not have their marks and numbers painted if originally they were not, although some auction houses do it merely for an aesthetic point of view, so in my opinion is not a matter of what we prefer: painted or "au natural".

Anyway personally I love GLOCKs with painted numbers, but I prefer LUGERS, especially collectible ones, only with the GESICHERT painted, as they originally were.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

In spite of what may be a personal taste "collectibles" are collectibles and should not have their marks and numbers painted if originally they were not, although some auction houses do it merely for an aesthetic point of view, so in my opinion is not a matter of what we prefer: painted or "au natural".

Anyway personally I love GLOCKs with painted numbers, but I prefer LUGERS, especially collectible ones, only with the GESICHERT painted, as they originally were.

No need to shout, it really is a personal preference- "Gott sie dank"
that there is no "fill in " police. JMHO.

[Olle]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

No need to shout, it really is a personal preference- "Gott sie dank"
that there is no "fill in " police. JMHO.

The beauty of it is that it's an entirely reversible process, so if you don't like it you simply remove it.

I have done it on a few guns, but I'm not a great fan of it. It's nice if you want to show interesting and/or unusual stamps, and it can look pretty tasteful on guns that don't have many stamps (like Lugers). It can be a bit overwhelming if you overdo it though. For example: Import stamps should not be filled.