Younger collector in need of some help.

DavidJayUden · 07-17-2013, 09:09 AM

I understand. Sort of. I just won't spend lots of money for markings that may, or may not, be genuine.
But take a step back here. We spend hours and hours agonizing over whether a gun has original finish, or may have possibly been properly and correctly refinished at some time in the last 100 years. We look for halos, blued toggle pins, re-stamped magazines, etc, etc, etc. We conjur up images of highly skilled craftsman "boosting" Lugers for an extra buck. (AKA, Death's Head.)
But come up with a gun with crude, X'ed out, crooked unit markings, and it's "Katie, bar the door while I break the cookie jar for my next Luger..."
I'm just sayin'...
dju

07-17-2013, 09:09 AM	#27
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	I understand. Sort of. I just won't spend lots of money for markings that may, or may not, be genuine. But take a step back here. We spend hours and hours agonizing over whether a gun has original finish, or may have possibly been properly and correctly refinished at some time in the last 100 years. We look for halos, blued toggle pins, re-stamped magazines, etc, etc, etc. We conjur up images of highly skilled craftsman "boosting" Lugers for an extra buck. (AKA, Death's Head.) But come up with a gun with crude, X'ed out, crooked unit markings, and it's "Katie, bar the door while I break the cookie jar for my next Luger..." I'm just sayin'... dju