1908 Commercial Model?

Edward Tinker · 03-12-2009, 09:40 AM

Charlie, ref grips. I have mixed feelings. if they are REALLY cruddy, i clean them up, usually you can still tell they were old.

Other times, I just let them be.

Cleaning is not like restrawing (a practice some folks do, I don't like it personally), and it far removed from say cold bluing or restoring a gun.

off topic, but I have a personal dilema that I have faced and then passed several times (sold the guns); I have had really nice lugers, and in say one spot, it has a bluing loss, I mean, no pitting, but this quarter size blotch. Leave it alone seems right to me, but restoring that one area seems "almost" acceptable....

ed

03-12-2009, 09:40 AM	#5
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,974 Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 4,609 Times in 2,123 Posts	Charlie, ref grips. I have mixed feelings. if they are REALLY cruddy, i clean them up, usually you can still tell they were old. Other times, I just let them be. Cleaning is not like restrawing (a practice some folks do, I don't like it personally), and it far removed from say cold bluing or restoring a gun. off topic, but I have a personal dilema that I have faced and then passed several times (sold the guns); I have had really nice lugers, and in say one spot, it has a bluing loss, I mean, no pitting, but this quarter size blotch. Leave it alone seems right to me, but restoring that one area seems "almost" acceptable.... ed