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Great gun.
Was the wood originally that light or did you specify that natural color before the refinish?
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Dustin, Thanks. Perhaps James could answer that better than I as I have never laid hands or eyes on it. The photos on Naturabuy weren't the best, but just good enough to see some figure that was eye-catching. I left it up to Chris's judgment. Gil
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Dustin, when we got the gun it was a little darker than that, but not a whole lot. I figured it had just darkened with age. When Chris got the old finish off, I know Chris and I had a discussion about that it was going to end up noticeably lighter and were we okay with that. With Gil's say-so, I just asked Chris to use his best judgment. The light is a little funny in the top photo. In the hand, the colour looks like the bottom three pics. Real honey and smoke. I love how it turned out.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Honey & smoke. Mike McIntosh really planted a seed there didnt he!
Great looking gun, and if the customer likes the honey & smoke, thats all that matters.
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Id just like to see it in its natural habitat. In Gils hands, chasing quail or woodcock.
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Nicely done. I have heard there are a couple people in the industry that have figured out how to convert the safety to top tang! The Ideal is an itch I really want to scratch. Nice examples like yours are really hard to come by here. And by the way that engraving is sooo much better than Parker turnips!
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Mark, I've spoken with one of the designers of the tang safety. The current set up defies snap shooting with the safety on. Muscle memory is hard to overcome. OMMV. Gil
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I would love to see a safety and how it operates on one of these. I have heard they can be a deal breaker but they do not show up at all well in most photos - here I think I see it on the left side.
I love the guns, but the safety issue is concerning enough that I haven't wanted to stake money on any that I have seen on line.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/ ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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Very nice gun!
I think it may have been Ed Muderlak who first coined the phrase "flying turnips" on some very special Grade-2 and 3 Parkers. Be that as it may, I looked up rutabagas but they were a tad too "orbish" so I guess turnips it is.
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