Gold plated Death's Head SS Luger

Geo99 · 03-09-2019, 03:01 AM

You have got to see this - are the people bidding out of their mind?

I can maybe understand one person liking this thing, but there are multiple bids.

https://cwocauctions.proxibid.com/Fi...ation/46315398

- Geo

Firebugs · 03-09-2019, 07:02 AM

Someone needs to be banned from the buffing wheel.

mrerick · 03-09-2019, 10:11 AM

Oooooooo.... Shiny....

DonVoigt · 03-09-2019, 10:20 AM

What's the old saying, something like - "there is no accounting for taste" ?

At least no one is claiming it to be original, but I'm a little disgusted by the fact that someone created such a piece as a "Commemorative". One must wonder to what?

Ron Wood · 03-09-2019, 11:20 AM

Nothing like making a Nazi commemorative out of an Imperial era Luger to achieve "authentic" bling.

Vlim · 03-09-2019, 03:16 PM

Utterly tasteless. One to toss in the melting pot, or ship it to Russia so they can melt it into part of their staircase.

HerrKaiser · 03-09-2019, 03:48 PM

Screw it, it’s a glorified range piece at this point.

Edward Tinker · 03-09-2019, 05:48 PM

Don, shame on you, you bid and bought a Gold Plated luger! (ok, I was the one that got it, but it sold quickly)

Ed

George Anderson · 03-09-2019, 06:12 PM

$700 and a can of black spray paint and you'ld have a good gun for the "range".

ithacaartist · 03-09-2019, 06:48 PM

The American Historical Foundation is well known for creating (ruining) any number of P.08s in this way. The others are generally just as fantastical, over-buffed, and gaudy as this one. Given what they do to the Parabellum, I find the "Historical" part of the name quite ironic.

DonVoigt · 03-09-2019, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

Don, shame on you, you bid and bought a Gold Plated luger! (ok, I was the one that got it, but it sold quickly)

Ed

I'll buy most any luger if it is cheap enough!

sheepherder · 03-09-2019, 09:46 PM

Anybody else think that barrel is too short for 9mm???

I've adjusted the image in my paint program and measured the barrel length at 3 3/4"...That's not 9mm...

DonVoigt · 03-09-2019, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by sheepherder

Anybody else think that barrel is too short for 9mm???

I've adjusted the image in my paint program and measured the barrel length at 3 3/4"...That's not 9mm...

Good eye, and clever measuring.
I suspect the description may be in error; every thing else is "wrong" about that one, so maybe the caliber is too!

Vlim · 03-10-2019, 07:12 AM

Someone milled off the KI from this KISS luger...

rolandtg · 03-10-2019, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Vlim

Someone milled off the KI from this KISS luger...

Ha!
Even KISS was never as tasteless as that Luger...

kurusu · 03-10-2019, 11:47 AM

I'd buy that!

For a Dollar.

ithacaartist · 03-13-2019, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sheepherder View Post
Anybody else think that barrel is too short for 9mm???

I've adjusted the image in my paint program and measured the barrel length at 3 3/4"...That's not 9mm...

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Good eye, and clever measuring.
I suspect the description may be in error; every thing else is "wrong" about that one, so maybe the caliber is too!

Don beat me to it! (I used a ruler and algebra and came up with 3 5/8")

DonVoigt · 03-13-2019, 09:13 AM

I have a take off 9mm 1920 commercial type barrel, C/n and serial number, that measures 3.75" approx.
So, there must be some.

John Sabato · 03-13-2019, 10:38 AM

Herr Luger is turning over in his grave! How UGLY! What a shame.

Sergio Natali · 03-13-2019, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Herr Luger is turning over in his grave! How UGLY! What a shame.

Others have said what I would have; simply awful bad taste.

03-09-2019, 03:01 AM	#1
Geo99 User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Whidbey Island WA Posts: 398 Thanks: 102 Thanked 125 Times in 74 Posts	Gold plated Death's Head SS Luger You have got to see this - are the people bidding out of their mind? I can maybe understand one person liking this thing, but there are multiple bids. https://cwocauctions.proxibid.com/Fi...ation/46315398 - Geo __________________ "Diplomacy is the art of saying nice doggie, until you can find a rock." - Will Rogers

03-09-2019, 10:11 AM	#3
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,909 Thanks: 1,374 Thanked 3,110 Times in 1,510 Posts	Oooooooo.... Shiny.... __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

03-09-2019, 10:20 AM	#4
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	What's the old saying, something like - "there is no accounting for taste" ? At least no one is claiming it to be original, but I'm a little disgusted by the fact that someone created such a piece as a "Commemorative". One must wonder to what? __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

03-09-2019, 11:20 AM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,019 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,173 Times in 1,701 Posts	Nothing like making a Nazi commemorative out of an Imperial era Luger to achieve "authentic" bling. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 845 Thanks: 782 Thanked 860 Times in 410 Posts	Screw it, it’s a glorified range piece at this point. __________________ -QM Looking for Mauser S/42 toggle train #22

03-09-2019, 07:02 AM	#2
Firebugs User Join Date: Mar 2019 Posts: 18 Thanks: 27 Thanked 24 Times in 10 Posts	Someone needs to be banned from the buffing wheel.

03-09-2019, 03:16 PM	#6
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	Utterly tasteless. One to toss in the melting pot, or ship it to Russia so they can melt it into part of their staircase.

03-09-2019, 05:48 PM	#8
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,929 Thanks: 2,029 Thanked 4,527 Times in 2,090 Posts	Don, shame on you, you bid and bought a Gold Plated luger! (ok, I was the one that got it, but it sold quickly) Ed

03-09-2019, 06:12 PM	#9
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,528 Times in 787 Posts	$700 and a can of black spray paint and you'ld have a good gun for the "range".

03-09-2019, 06:48 PM	#10
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,339 Thanks: 7,263 Thanked 2,564 Times in 1,362 Posts	The American Historical Foundation is well known for creating (ruining) any number of P.08s in this way. The others are generally just as fantastical, over-buffed, and gaudy as this one. Given what they do to the Parabellum, I find the "Historical" part of the name quite ironic. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

03-09-2019, 09:46 PM	#12
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,182 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	Anybody else think that barrel is too short for 9mm??? I've adjusted the image in my paint program and measured the barrel length at 3 3/4"...That's not 9mm... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

03-10-2019, 07:12 AM	#14
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	Someone milled off the KI from this KISS luger...

03-10-2019, 11:47 AM	#16
kurusu User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,225 Thanks: 2,679 Thanked 930 Times in 509 Posts	I'd buy that! For a Dollar.

03-13-2019, 09:13 AM	#18
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	I have a take off 9mm 1920 commercial type barrel, C/n and serial number, that measures 3.75" approx. So, there must be some. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

03-13-2019, 10:38 AM	#19
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	Herr Luger is turning over in his grave! How UGLY! What a shame. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*