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Steve Lempitski · 11-14-2001, 07:55 PM

I received my pistol back from Ted yesterday after he worked his magic on it, and it is SPECTACULAR. My pistol was no 'gentlemans gun', which sat in some officers holster during the war. Mine is a 1918 DWM which undoubtedly saw service in WW1, then was put back into service in WW2. This pistol was in extremely poor shape when I aquired it, complete with a WW2 clip containing 5 rounds of 1943 ammo. Before Ted could even attempt to work on it, he called me and explained that to do this right, with the amount of pitting on it, this gun would require an extreme amount of polishing, which would also remove the proofs on the gun. These could be replaced by a master engraver, if I elected to go that route. To make a long story short, with the engraving, new set of grips, and Teds rust blue and strawing, this pistol is amazing! My parents passed it back and forth for an hour between them as they could not believe this was the same gun they had seen previously. The rust blueing and strawing are absolutely gorgeous, and the engraved military acceptance stamps are identical to the originals. Ted, I cannot thank you enough for taking on this major project; you work is better than first rate!

11-14-2001, 07:55 PM	#1
Steve Lempitski User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Old Cape Cod Posts: 238 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	The "Pit Bull" is home I received my pistol back from Ted yesterday after he worked his magic on it, and it is SPECTACULAR. My pistol was no 'gentlemans gun', which sat in some officers holster during the war. Mine is a 1918 DWM which undoubtedly saw service in WW1, then was put back into service in WW2. This pistol was in extremely poor shape when I aquired it, complete with a WW2 clip containing 5 rounds of 1943 ammo. Before Ted could even attempt to work on it, he called me and explained that to do this right, with the amount of pitting on it, this gun would require an extreme amount of polishing, which would also remove the proofs on the gun. These could be replaced by a master engraver, if I elected to go that route. To make a long story short, with the engraving, new set of grips, and Teds rust blue and strawing, this pistol is amazing! My parents passed it back and forth for an hour between them as they could not believe this was the same gun they had seen previously. The rust blueing and strawing are absolutely gorgeous, and the engraved military acceptance stamps are identical to the originals. Ted, I cannot thank you enough for taking on this major project; you work is better than first rate!