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railman44 · 07-24-2008, 11:23 AM

Condition, so long as respectable and not a basketcase, has never really bothered me. Being new to lugers and coming from semi-collecting Colt SAA's, I found the demand for acquiring a mint relic many times 80+ years old somewhat funny. Especially a relic that many times was used in a world war and kept in a leather holster. Condition is important in collecting just about anything but sometimes I feel this has been taken to an extreme in the luger world. In my opinion, this has lead to some unscrupulous sorts rebluing and harming the real value of an artifact of history while trying to pass the luger off as pristine. I've become paranoid of any luger represented as 95% or more regarding it's bluing. I'm much more comfortable purchasing a luger that looks like it's age. There were only so many desk-jockies issued lugers that religiously cleaned and oiled their luger daily. Those rare lugers, I would imagine, have been in collections for over 50 years...

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07-24-2008, 11:23 AM	#8
railman44 User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lincoln NE Posts: 26 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Condition, so long as respectable and not a basketcase, has never really bothered me. Being new to lugers and coming from semi-collecting Colt SAA's, I found the demand for acquiring a mint relic many times 80+ years old somewhat funny. Especially a relic that many times was used in a world war and kept in a leather holster. Condition is important in collecting just about anything but sometimes I feel this has been taken to an extreme in the luger world. In my opinion, this has lead to some unscrupulous sorts rebluing and harming the real value of an artifact of history while trying to pass the luger off as pristine. I've become paranoid of any luger represented as 95% or more regarding it's bluing. I'm much more comfortable purchasing a luger that looks like it's age. There were only so many desk-jockies issued lugers that religiously cleaned and oiled their luger daily. Those rare lugers, I would imagine, have been in collections for over 50 years...