And give it a better top-lever spring; about the only needed improvement i have encounterd.
Better get a really good stockist, too. ;~`)
Otherwise? Some classic and appropriate engraving, period.
Bag the gold-crusted excess and Druidic manifestations which seem to be draped onto too many similar contemporary revival efforts. Gold, small and tasteful, of true artistic merit, is fine to OK. Examples regularly have been posted here by resident craftsmen.
However, gold with the style and profusion of disco-era neck chains, hammered on everyfrxxing-where, is hideous. Better to have plain metal with good case colors, than the pimped out pieces apparently designed for either new Oklahoma oil money or Middle Eastern younger sons.
Yup: go Lefever. Ye Aulde and Late Klunkster had stated several times that he considered the sideplate LeFevers to be the best finished American gun, in and out.
Last edited by JohnM; 03/13/07 08:45 AM.
