Russian Lugers at Phoenix Investment Arms

[Imperial Arms]

Ron,

You are an excellent and intelligent writer and speaker as well as being a good 'politician'. Not every body in the collectors society understands what is going on in the background, and sadly some of these new collectors are becoming victims caused by the unethical acts and arrogance of a few. Some of these fools decide to make alliances to boost their recognition without realizing the stupidity of their mistakes. If they think that they can attack/condemn any item in my collection without any apparent reason, justification or strong proof, they better prepare for a storm. Those peasants have had their chance over the years to issue an apology to me, which would have made everything afterwards cool and friendly, but instead they decide to ignore their mistake which is fine with me. Any time I am wrong, I shall give an apology without it affecting my reputation. Collectors who know me well enjoy my friendship and I consider myself a pleasant gentleman. Using hard work and endless hours on the telephone since 25+ years, I have been able to build a modest collection without being rich, and I did not use titles, brains or 'flash/animation' to become an expert in the field.

I shall answer later the rest of your remarks. As far as I am concerned, we collectors are all the same and I do not need any titles such as 'Moderator', 'Patron' 'Life Time Member' etc to share my knowledge and enjoyment with other fellow collectors who may value or appreciate my input.

Respectively,
Albert

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Imperial Arms

... As far as I am concerned, we collectors are all the same...

Just to clarify...I am not a collector...A "collection" by definition has a theme...The sub-forum heads here and better still [pun], the sub-forums at Jan Still's site are all excellent themes..."WW I Lugers"..."Imperial Lugers"..."Weimar Lugers"..."Artillery Lugers"...

I don't have a theme...I accumulate what I feel is an interesting item...Whether cigarette case lighters; knobbly looking pistols, prototype AR-15 clones; or Buck knives...If it looks interesting to me, I'll try to get at least one...(the closest I have to a "collection" is my 12 cigarette case lighters)...

I've owned 5 Lugers...Pretty much all different...No "theme"...

So I really don't care if it is called a "Russian Luger" or a "Bulgarian Luger" as long as we're all talking about the same thing...I would be interested in a "crossed rifles" crest Luger the same as I would a Portuguese Navy crest Luger, or American Eagle Luger...My interest would be in the crest...and whether it was a commercial contract or a military contract would not impact my interest...

Now it seems that anything with crossed rifles on the chamber is called a "Russian [Contract] Luger"...That is fine with me...I buy Kleenex that is not made by Kimberly-Clark, but everyone knows what it is...

Someone here has an avatar of three different chamber crests...Now that is cool...I would consider those three Lugers to be a "collection"...A small one, but with great potential...

Some day I may start a collection of chamber crested Lugers...Starting with a Russian Contract Luger...

Checking some of the prices from earlier in the year with what is being asked right now, it would seem that Albert's thesis on Russian Lugers has driven the prices up...for "Russian Lugers"...