Hey GT ,
Great to have you up and running again. These other Old Codgers are getting a bit boring.
Sometime ago, I was in a gunshop and there was a discussion going on between two collectors who were there to look at some Lugers that the dealer had aquired. This was long before I could even imagine affording to buy one of the high grade Lugers in question.
One of the collectors made mention of the finish on the Lugers. The other collector said that he had a referrence that stated that all of the prefinished parts were tumbled in a polishing medium after being hand polished and just prior to being rust blued. And that this was the reason that original finishes were difficult to duplicate.
He spoke as if it was a German referrence on the production methods used.
Ron