Spectacular Luger Cover

Ron Wood · 08-12-2009, 01:10 PM

I was very grateful to John for his acknowledgement, but the real credit needs to go to the outstanding original artwork by David Kimble. David is a premier illustrator and most of you will be familiar with his sectional views of exotic high performance autos featured in “Road and Track” and other car enthusiast publications. The Luger illustration was featured on the cover of the July 1989 issue of “Guns & Ammo”. David not only created the cover art, he also wrote an excellent 8-page article “Old Model Lugers – The Genesis of a Legend” that showcased some of the finest early Lugers.

I have kept in contact with David over the years, so when John explained his desire to use that illustration for the cover of the handout brochure of his fabulous stocked Luger display (sponsored by the Ohio Gun Collectors Association) at the last NRA Convention in Phoenix , I contacted David and received his gracious and willing approval for its use.

I have a beautiful 11”X14” signed original print of that illustration that David presented to me. But I couldn’t quite come up with an efficient method to reduce it to useable size for the brochure. So I ended up making a copy of the magazine cover and re-touching out all the text on the cover. It took a couple of hours of squinting at my computer screen but John was happy with the result and I managed not to deface David’s great artwork.

By the way, the headstamp is DWM KK 471

08-12-2009, 01:10 PM	#1
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,051 Thanks: 1,119 Thanked 5,286 Times in 1,728 Posts	I was very grateful to John for his acknowledgement, but the real credit needs to go to the outstanding original artwork by David Kimble. David is a premier illustrator and most of you will be familiar with his sectional views of exotic high performance autos featured in “Road and Track” and other car enthusiast publications. The Luger illustration was featured on the cover of the July 1989 issue of “Guns & Ammo”. David not only created the cover art, he also wrote an excellent 8-page article “Old Model Lugers – The Genesis of a Legend” that showcased some of the finest early Lugers. I have kept in contact with David over the years, so when John explained his desire to use that illustration for the cover of the handout brochure of his fabulous stocked Luger display (sponsored by the Ohio Gun Collectors Association) at the last NRA Convention in Phoenix , I contacted David and received his gracious and willing approval for its use. I have a beautiful 11”X14” signed original print of that illustration that David presented to me. But I couldn’t quite come up with an efficient method to reduce it to useable size for the brochure. So I ended up making a copy of the magazine cover and re-touching out all the text on the cover. It took a couple of hours of squinting at my computer screen but John was happy with the result and I managed not to deface David’s great artwork. By the way, the headstamp is DWM KK 471 __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction Last edited by Ron Wood; 08-13-2009 at 12:43 AM.