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08-31-2012, 02:49 PM | #41 |
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Everything depends on what the whiting is, but most are easily removed with a toothbrush and gun oil
Not sure how you could damage it unless you used something sharp and hard like metal?
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Sorry but I mis-spelled the author of the article Mr. Mittleman. I am incorrect in one post, the distances between what is on my toggle and Mr. Mittleman's article ARE different. The distances are different in the two "supposed authentic" lugers themselves as well as what is on mine. All three are different. I'm really curious about the "curly" figure 2 on mine. While the figure 2 on mine is the first number 27...the figure 2 on the pictorial example is the second number.
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Hi Fred you can use a product called Break Free applied with a toothbrush or, if necessary a toothpick, to remove the whiting. It won't harm the finish. I've also used Hoppe's #9 with equally good results.
I don't own a Spandau, but I'm a not an entirely disinterested party. I bought a fake Navy from the same dealer who sold you you're gun. The general consensus nowadays is that all, and I repeat, all, Spandau Lugers are fakes, including the ones in Mr Mittleman's article. Jan C. Still devoted a couple of pages to Spandaus in "Imperial Lugers", 1991, but doesn't mention them in "Central Powers",2007. Kind regards, Norm |
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Hi Norm, I didn't get mine directly from Schattuck. I bought mine from a fellow in Oregon who had purchased a collection. I got the Mittleman article from Schattuck when I contacted him....after I had purchased it. Ralph asked which number I had, and stated that it was "good" and that he had owned it at one time.
Darn sorry you got bit on a Navy. I bought some stock in the Brooklyn Bridge once too <VBG>. Although the general consensus is all Spandau's are fakes, to the best of my knowledge (and please correct me if I am wrong) nobody has definitively proved that they were never made. People for years vowed that the earth was flat. Best regards to all... Fred |
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A very high quality scan of the original magazine article would be fine..BUT...the original intact magazine would be my first choice.
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My searches for the magazine have come up empty, but similar issues are asking $10-12.00.
If, when you get the mag, it contains what I posted earlier...$25...and you ship it. Fred |
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Sure would be nice to see a readable scan of the article! Don't want to cut Fred out of owning the magazine, but I would like to read the article.
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IF, the stamp was a pantograph, what was it copied from???
It could have been copied from a rifle? |
08-31-2012, 07:07 PM | #49 |
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I think it would be great if everyone here had access to a high quality scan of the article...
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CJS...yep it could have been a rifle for the word SPANDAU, but not for the proof marks...
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Hi Fred,
The pic of the DWM toggle in your post #41 clearly shows bevels on the sides. The toggle on the "Spandau" does not. There would be no "dishing" if the toggle was ground/filed/sanded down flat across the entire surface. There are no Luger variations that I've ever heard of which don't have bevels on the forward toggle. Your "Spandau" toggle also shows "steps" not found on other toggles. This is also another indication that the "new" surface is lower than the original.
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About pantographing the Spandou, It would be easy enough for any graphic artist to "create" or draw the word and the crown for the panotgraph machine to follow.
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I'd bet those toggles don't show remnants of prexisting bevels and the "steps".
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Page 216 of the Luger Book has a Top view of the whole pistol and toggle unit of another Spandau if one is curious.
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gonna take a closer look at the area you circled. I looked before and found no "steps" but want to take a second look...
I will try and get some close up pix of area you circled and post.. It would be great if patronen would scan and post the pix on PP207...I don't have the book.. Fred Quote:
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Meant to type pp 216..
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I do...But it's not a great photo...
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Are all "Spandau" Lugers 1918 chamber dated?
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