1916 dwm

Thor · 11-20-2018, 02:06 PM

This Luger was NICKEL plated when I got and the client wanted a TLC TDJ. AFTER pics

ithacaartist · 11-20-2018, 06:36 PM

Ted, your client certainly received a TDJ! Nice!

Major Tom · 11-20-2018, 06:46 PM

Amazing! You do 'magic' with lugers.

Zorba · 11-20-2018, 06:48 PM

Beautiful! Truly outstanding.

BUT

What is a "TDJ"?

ithacaartist · 11-20-2018, 07:08 PM

I'll give Ted a hand until he gets back here...

It's the acronym for what he calls a "Total Doll Job." Strawing the extractor and whiting the markings surely isn't exactly factory original, but it certainly makes for a purdy Luger!

Zorba · 11-20-2018, 07:29 PM

I was figuring something like "Total Detail Job" - just couldn't quite get the "D"

Thor · 11-20-2018, 09:04 PM

Thanks for the assist. TLC=Thor's Luger Clinic TDJ=Total Doll Job as my friend said

Thor · 11-21-2018, 10:44 AM

Other Examples of the TDJ.

Piet · 11-22-2018, 01:20 AM

The job of a MASTER !!!

Eugen · 11-24-2018, 04:55 AM

Awesome!! We all want one.

Zorba · 11-24-2018, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eugen

Awesome!! We all want one.

Or two, or three...

John Sabato · 11-26-2018, 11:34 AM

For the right price, I am sure Ted would even do a TDJ on a Nambu… but the cost of removing that many tool marks might be prohibitive!

Sieger · 11-26-2018, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Sabato

For the right price, I am sure Ted would even do a TDJ on a Nambu… but the cost of removing that many tool marks might be prohibitive!

John,

Early models are finished to very high "European" standards, so massive amounts of tool marks will not be present.

Sieger

Thor · 11-26-2018, 02:42 PM

I did this pitted mess, I guess I could NAMBU one!

Thor · 11-26-2018, 02:46 PM

BEFORE and AFTER photos of the pitted Double Date

John Sabato · 11-26-2018, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sieger

John,

Early models are finished to very high "European" standards, so massive amounts of tool marks will not be present.

Sieger

Sieger, obviously you didn't pay any attention to the emoticon at the end of my posting.... it was meant to be sarcasm intended for Zorba, as my distaste for Nambu pistols is well known...

IMHO they look like they were manufactured from scratch out of scrap metal by convicts with files...

at least when compared to Lugers!

Sieger · 11-26-2018, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Sieger, obviously you didn't pay any attention to the emoticon at the end of my posting.... it was meant to be sarcasm intended for Zorba, as my distaste for Nambu pistols is well known...

IMHO they look like they were manufactured from scratch out of scrap metal by convicts with files...

at least when compared to Lugers!

John,

I'm afraid we totally disagree on Nambus; but, that's ok, as everyone is allowed their own opinion.

Sieger

DonVoigt · 11-26-2018, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Sabato

For the right price, I am sure Ted would even do a TDJ on a Nambu… but the cost of removing that many tool marks might be prohibitive!

John,
have you ever owned a Nambu?
I have and still have a few; and have not seen one such as you describe, unless it was a 20.6 date that shipped out near the last day of production.

Early Nambus are as nicely put together as any pistol, later ones look a little more like Erfurt 1917s or 18s- but without the "Rc" markings.

12.9 was produced in Sept. of '37, 14.1 is Jan. 1939, and 20.6 is June of 1945- about as late as routine production continued.

DonVoigt · 11-26-2018, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thor

BEFORE and AFTER photos of the pitted Double Date

Oh my! Miracles can be caused to happen.
Well done!

DavidJayUden · 11-26-2018, 10:04 PM

I'd like to see some close-ups of the after Luger, if you don't mind Ted. Polished out or filled?
dju

11-20-2018, 02:06 PM	#1
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	1916 dwm This Luger was NICKEL plated when I got and the client wanted a TLC TDJ. AFTER pics __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

11-20-2018, 06:36 PM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,283 Thanks: 7,007 Thanked 2,476 Times in 1,319 Posts	Ted, your client certainly received a TDJ! Nice! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

11-20-2018, 06:46 PM	#3
Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 481 Thanks: 531 Thanked 226 Times in 123 Posts	Amazing! You do 'magic' with lugers. __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

11-20-2018, 07:08 PM	#5
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,283 Thanks: 7,007 Thanked 2,476 Times in 1,319 Posts	I'll give Ted a hand until he gets back here... It's the acronym for what he calls a "Total Doll Job." Strawing the extractor and whiting the markings surely isn't exactly factory original, but it certainly makes for a purdy Luger! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

11-20-2018, 09:04 PM	#7
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Thanks for the assist. TLC=Thor's Luger Clinic TDJ=Total Doll Job as my friend said __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

11-20-2018, 06:48 PM	#4
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 951 Thanks: 776 Thanked 526 Times in 289 Posts	Beautiful! Truly outstanding. BUT What is a "TDJ"?

11-20-2018, 07:29 PM	#6
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 951 Thanks: 776 Thanked 526 Times in 289 Posts	I was figuring something like "Total Detail Job" - just couldn't quite get the "D"

11-21-2018, 10:44 AM	#8
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Other Examples of the TDJ. __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

11-22-2018, 01:20 AM	#9
Piet User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South Africa Posts: 143 Thanks: 155 Thanked 35 Times in 22 Posts	The job of a MASTER !!!

11-24-2018, 04:55 AM	#10
Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 757 Thanks: 366 Thanked 594 Times in 313 Posts	Awesome!! We all want one. __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

11-26-2018, 11:34 AM	#12
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,150 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	For the right price, I am sure Ted would even do a TDJ on a Nambu… but the cost of removing that many tool marks might be prohibitive! __________________ 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..."*

11-26-2018, 02:42 PM	#14
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	I did this pitted mess, I guess I could NAMBU one! __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

11-26-2018, 02:46 PM	#15
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	BEFORE and AFTER photos of the pitted Double Date __________________ Thor's Luger Clinic http://members.rennlist.com/lugerman/ Ted Green (Thor Yaller Boots) 725 Western Hills Dr SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 915-526-8925 Email thor340@aol.com ----------------------------------- John3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

11-26-2018, 10:04 PM	#20
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	I'd like to see some close-ups of the after Luger, if you don't mind Ted. Polished out or filled? dju