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Ed: did you ask your master gunsmith to refinish the buttstock and torch the action on this "antique" NID? Or not "antique" enough?  Please stop
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well drew, this looks like a gun that might have passed thru my hands many years ago...in any event, an ithaca nid is certainly not an antique by any definition, but yours...
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Or don't stop. What would your "antique" cut off be? How about this Parker you offered for sale?  A member of the Parker forum states Ed Lander has extended the chambers of 10 2 frame VH and Trojan Parkers. Do you know where those guns can be found? Your opinion as to if that is an appropriate "upgrade"? http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20919&page=3
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Patina on antique furniture is one thing but English guns of quality were often returned to their makers to have their wear on finish renewed so there would never be any gun patina. Perhaps it might be different on a muzzle loader but doubles are expected to be kept in good repair with a nice looking finish protecting them for future use.
I would strip and refinish the original wood. I expect a little heat will remove the tip easily. From there refinishing can be a nice way to spend a few hours a night getting it exactly to your likening. And you are smart enough not to sand a stock to death. Done properly a good finish adds beauty and value to a nice gun.
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drew: whatever your problem is, i fail to see how it involves me...or the topic of this thread...
Last edited by ed good; 04/25/17 03:44 PM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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KY: agreed, original antique wood finishes should be preserved...
Last edited by ed good; 04/25/17 03:19 PM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Finding a Vintage gun with an original, antique wood finish in a high enough condition that it warrants preservation, is like finding the same gun to have original, high condition Case Colors. The examples are few and far between...
Regards
Ken
I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.
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The topic is refinishing a vintage gun, and this masterpiece by your "master gunsmith", and sold by you, is the problem Ed.  If you would please stop posting purposefully provocative and transparently self-promotional comments and inquiries, which are insulting to our intelligence, I would be most happy to stop posting images, of which their are an abundance.
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drew: are you suggesting that if i advertise a gun for sale elsewhere, and that gun does not meet your standard of cosmetic acceptability, then i am some how at fault for offering it for sale?
and please do stop insulting us by trashing this thread with your off topic posts...if you wish to discuss your issue further, then lets take it private or perhaps you would like to start another thread?
Last edited by ed good; 04/25/17 05:11 PM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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No, ed. You have the right to offer your crap anywhere it is legal. But, don't expect your drivel to be accepted here. You underestimate the knowledge of the base here, badly.
Why don't you just go away? Far away, hypocrite.
SRH
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