mlm

Nothin' to apologize for. Any and all luger tales are interesting here--I would greatly regret anyone not commenting in a forum because they were afraid of being attacked by in inconsiderate person. As it is, the company that makes these faux collectibles takes a few guns bought from importers or R Shattuck or other sources at the rock bottom price for currently available lugers. Then a few are "processed" (their term, not mine) but belt sanding them. They are then sent to a husband and wife engraving team who engrave them to the design. There is also a bit of gold leafing but I don't know the method for this.Application of a finish such as "french grey" (their term not mine) is also done somewhere along the line as is addition of some high gloss smooth grips. They are then put in a wood display box (average quality wood box) and shipped out. Few guns are done in the beginning. They tend to be made in batches based on demand. If they say 25 guns, it may not ever be over 15 if the demand is not present. The raw material lugers are cheap but may be original all matching or not depending on what they turn up.


This LP08 project has been in the works for at least five years 'cause I discussed the project with one of their employees that long ago when I was living in Virginia (the firm is in Mechanicsville north of Richmond).


dave