In addition to a very few graded Parkers with "no engraving", there are more than a few A and B Grade Parkers with sparce engraving and large unengraved areas. My research into a few of these guns indicates that some were gifts from Parker to winners of shooting contests, not guns sold at retail. Parker would gain positive PR by giving away an A Grade to the winner of a shoot, an A Grade that was not quite up to A Grade standards of engraving coverage. An unengraved CH Grade Parker is pictured in Ed Muderlak's new book. Research shows that the gun pictured was actually ordered by a retail customer to be unengraved but to have all other features of a CH Grade gun, like English Walnut, skeleton butt, Acme Steel barrels. As I recall, a 25% credit was given to the buyer for the deletion of engraving.
