Refinish a good thing? A rare K date

[mrerick]

Several years ago, I was lucky enough to acquire an all matching Simson made in about 1928. Everything was right except that it had been salt re-blued in it's entirety, obliterating the strawing.

I was very happy to have a Simson. They are so rare... Over time, the salt bluing bugged me to the point that I had it restored. Luckily, the original re-blue hadn't been buffed to death, so it still had it's sharp edges.

With the exception of the halos missing, today it looks very close to the way it might have looked as it left the factory.

Yes - someone had unwisely "done it in"... but it's a pleasure to have brought it back part of the way.

Marc