Boy,.. I sure stirred the pot with this post,...sometimes I wonder why I bother to post at all, but I guess life would be too dull if I just sat on the sidelines
I was about to post some more work I just finished doing on a little British double, but now I think I'll wait

Thanks Doug,..the Tig welding I use is done under a microscope,.. well controlled. Anyway, some of those stamps are so deep that I think striking them off would not be a good idea, even though the bbls are pretty thick in that area
Murphy,...I engraved the bbls myself

CJ

The taste of poor quality lingers long after the cheap price is forgotten.........