Eightbore the bar in wood was built by Purdey and over its considerable lifetime it has been subject to all sorts of mistreatment. It does not have any original finish because it was rescued just in time from being scraped at that time it was considered valueless, you could say what original finish it did have has been removed by time use misuse and the old enemy rust so it is lucky to be still with us in a usable condition. And at the end of the day its Purdey build quality kept it together and working through it all.


The only lessons in my life I truly did learn from where the ones I paid for!