Happy Birthday viggoG.

crc · 04-18-2009, 12:35 AM

Happy Birthday to viggoG. I don't post very often, but as kind of an old time member I would like to remember viggoG as he did some kind of neat things with luger collecting and he has passed on. Maybe this isn't luger related, but sometimes a man shouldn't be forgotten. Happy birthday to viggoG and happy luger collecting to everyone else.
Randy

policeluger · 04-18-2009, 12:36 AM

he should be remembered

Edward Tinker · 04-18-2009, 10:31 AM

Randy and Howard, thats nice. I was a friend of his as you guys were and he was a Nasa engineer when they did all the 1960's and 1970's space stuff; a cool time for a very smart man.

Ed

Ron Smith · 04-18-2009, 10:42 AM

Happy Birthday Viggo. I never got to meet him, but we talked via email several times. A very nice, and sharp guy.

the gunman · 04-18-2009, 11:25 AM

Rest In Piece Viggo

policeluger · 04-18-2009, 02:27 PM

I miss talking to himon the phone.......we shared some of the same asthma problems.....

John Sabato · 04-19-2009, 10:50 PM

Viggo was also a WW2 combat veteran.

I am the proud owner of two absolutely perfect wooden magazine bottoms created by the master engineer to rehab the broken bottoms on the magazines that my late Dad brought home from WW2 with his Luger (that is now mine.)

They were a gift from Viggo to my father. I will treasure them always. He was a great friend. We had many long discussions on gunsmithing and engineering. He was fascinating to talk to. I had the privilege of introducing Viggo to Bob Spitzer (Schwob), another favorite Lugerforum member who has passed on. Bob generously loaned his complete Ideal Luger holster/stock to Viggo so that the master engineer could reproduce one of these rare items for his own model 1900 Luger that he had refinished from a Junker into a fine shooter. There is a permanent album of his reproduction Ideal stock in the Member Gallery for those new members who didn't know him... I swear, he could make ANYTHING he put his mind to...

Happy Birthday Viggo G. Dereng ... you are missed and not forgotten.

G.T. · 04-19-2009, 11:04 PM

I too was amazed by this mans knowledge... His generation made their own mark on history...He is truly missed... Our forum is poorer for his passing... best to all, til...lat'r...GT
BTW, he would be pleased that he was remembered... he was a great gentleman...

Hugh · 04-21-2009, 12:27 AM

Viggo and I were working on a grip making project when he became to ill to continue. He had sliced several hundred blanks out of an old walnut desk. He was building a duplicating machine to turn them into Luger grips, then I was going to checker them. I don't know what happened to the wood, he had some nice OLD walnut.

Happy birthday Viggo!

04-18-2009, 12:35 AM	#1
crc User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: colorado Posts: 66 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Happy Birthday viggoG. Happy Birthday to viggoG. I don't post very often, but as kind of an old time member I would like to remember viggoG as he did some kind of neat things with luger collecting and he has passed on. Maybe this isn't luger related, but sometimes a man shouldn't be forgotten. Happy birthday to viggoG and happy luger collecting to everyone else. Randy

04-18-2009, 10:42 AM	#4
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Happy Birthday Viggo. I never got to meet him, but we talked via email several times. A very nice, and sharp guy. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

04-19-2009, 10:50 PM	#7
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Viggo was also a WW2 combat veteran. I am the proud owner of two absolutely perfect wooden magazine bottoms created by the master engineer to rehab the broken bottoms on the magazines that my late Dad brought home from WW2 with his Luger (that is now mine.) They were a gift from Viggo to my father. I will treasure them always. He was a great friend. We had many long discussions on gunsmithing and engineering. He was fascinating to talk to. I had the privilege of introducing Viggo to Bob Spitzer (Schwob), another favorite Lugerforum member who has passed on. Bob generously loaned his complete Ideal Luger holster/stock to Viggo so that the master engineer could reproduce one of these rare items for his own model 1900 Luger that he had refinished from a Junker into a fine shooter. There is a permanent album of his reproduction Ideal stock in the Member Gallery for those new members who didn't know him... I swear, he could make ANYTHING he put his mind to... Happy Birthday Viggo G. Dereng ... you are missed and not forgotten. __________________ 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..."*

04-19-2009, 11:04 PM	#8
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,528 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 3,711 Times in 1,014 Posts	ViggoG I too was amazed by this mans knowledge... His generation made their own mark on history...He is truly missed... Our forum is poorer for his passing... best to all, til...lat'r...GT BTW, he would be pleased that he was remembered... he was a great gentleman...

04-21-2009, 12:27 AM	#9
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 166 Times in 65 Posts	Viggo and I were working on a grip making project when he became to ill to continue. He had sliced several hundred blanks out of an old walnut desk. He was building a duplicating machine to turn them into Luger grips, then I was going to checker them. I don't know what happened to the wood, he had some nice OLD walnut. Happy birthday Viggo! __________________ *TRUMP FOR PREZ IN '20!*

04-18-2009, 12:36 AM	#2
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	he should be remembered

04-18-2009, 10:31 AM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	Randy and Howard, thats nice. I was a friend of his as you guys were and he was a Nasa engineer when they did all the 1960's and 1970's space stuff; a cool time for a very smart man. Ed

04-18-2009, 11:25 AM	#5
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	Rest In Piece Viggo

04-18-2009, 02:27 PM	#6
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	I miss talking to himon the phone.......we shared some of the same asthma problems.....