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Lady Astor to Winston Churchill (The Prime Minister, not engraver): "Mr Churchill, if you were my husband, I'd poison your drink." Churchill: "Madam, if you were my wife, I would gladly drink it."
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Those two never got on....Lady Astor.."Mr Churchill, you are drunk".....Churchill.."Maam, I maybe drunk but you are ugly and I will be sober in the morning"
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Churchill on Atlee, I believe....."A modest man with much to be modest about"
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"and I promise you" .[Just about any politician] Mint condition .Like the gum well chewed .
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My favorite description of guns with a few dings: "handling marks". Who the hell handled them anyhow, King Kong??
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Roger, thanks for the note on Firearms Engraving as a Decorative Art. I purchased a copy this a.m. Any information on the subject is always interesting. Daryl
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My favorite description of guns with a few dings: "handling marks". Who the hell handled them anyhow, King Kong?? 
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When a seller decides to use the word 'patina' in his or her description, the true definition should be sought in a proper dictionary! I have handled, and owned, countless guns with 'patina' that was nothing more than 100 years of rust build-up, polished smooth after decades of applications of oil and general use/handling.
GMC(SW) - USN, Retired (1978-2001)
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When a seller decides to use the word 'patina' in his or her description, the true definition should be sought in a proper dictionary! I have handled, and owned, countless guns with 'patina' that was nothing more than 100 years of rust build-up, polished smooth after decades of applications of oil and general use/handling. Amen, regarding guns a trendy word for rust....... just like "the barrels only have one small dent" (that I can see or want to tell you about, hoping you are blind)......  .......and "it will never effect the guns shooting quality"...... Or how about: "it looks like it should for a 100 year old gun" (that's been kept in a barn)
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One of my favorites:
Assertion: "The guns only been test fired" Reality: The gun was part of destructive testing done by some agency and it is the last example still in one piece.
Jim
The 2nd Amendment IS an unalienable right.
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