need help stripping a 1912 Erfurt for re-finish

lugerholsterrepair · 12-29-2013, 06:51 PM

I found a fascinating Police Luger..had all matching parts, numbered tool and numbered holster..it was a ball of rust. I stripped it..every part. Had Danner re blue it. Just to save it. I think I paid too much for it and Danner cost me right at $600 but what else could you do? I think I might have 12-1400 in it and GT's right..it's not a real restoration but not a buff & salt blue either. I will likely never get all my money back but it's purty again and it's not always about the money.

12-29-2013, 06:51 PM	#37
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	I found a fascinating Police Luger..had all matching parts, numbered tool and numbered holster..it was a ball of rust. I stripped it..every part. Had Danner re blue it. Just to save it. I think I paid too much for it and Danner cost me right at $600 but what else could you do? I think I might have 12-1400 in it and GT's right..it's not a real restoration but not a buff & salt blue either. I will likely never get all my money back but it's purty again and it's not always about the money. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

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