I have seen a great deal of Brad's work. It's quite the insult to equate his skills with painting a Purdey purple.
You can say a firearm is functionally restored, or cosmetically restored, honestly. If there is no attempt to deceive, then value is between the parties interested.
I am only an observer of the after market steel coloring markets, but it would seem no one wants the utilitarian, simplified quench colors of the hardware store guns. Occasionally someone wants to recreate chain carried hot salt colors, but seldom the cheap and simple colors of the American common guns.
I don't know of anyone putting efforts into recreating them, but in the rifle market, there are dozens of people that work to recreate the early Winchester, Marlin, Colt, colors reliably.
