Many people on Yahoo gun forum talking about aging a reblued gun and making it more "original" via acid, steam, cooking, etc, restamping to create "matching" guns, etc, etc. Although they did not post pictures of their products, I would believe most work is still on amateur level. I have not been there for long long time.... at least that's the case in the past.
The image created on new member is not unlike a story that I heard regarding gas station: Regular, Plus and Super in gas station coming from different pipes, but all pipes connecting to the same pool inside the pump