Happy Birthday viggoG.

John Sabato · 04-19-2009, 11:50 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. · 04-20-2009, 12:04 AM

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, 01:27 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!

04-19-2009, 11:50 PM	#1
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,309 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..."*

04-20-2009, 12:04 AM	#2
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 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, 01:27 AM	#3
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!*