Parker C/ Turkish Star

[Bruce Day]

Turkish Star Damascus . Barrels choked .004 and .028 as made.

[Josh Loewensteiner]

Great looking gun, Bruce. Thanks for keeping it "all about Parkers" and for sharing some very fine guns.

[Mills Morrison]

As usual . . . great post Bruce!

[Rick Losey]

WOW- what is not to like - Parker - a case with A&F accessories, fantastic damascus pattern, bird dogs and a wood duck for good measure.


I could never own a gun like that


i'd get hurt tripping over tree roots while looking at it

[Bill Murphy]

The engraved rib message is just wonderful.

[John Havard]

What a nice gun!

[Bruce Day]

We are still missing 8 of these, 14 C Bernard 16's and 12 C Bernard 20's. Maybe they are out there. TPS projects 12 C Bernard 28's but I don't think so. I know C B 20's were made because I found a few serial numbers. I have never found a C B 28 SN. I would be interested if anybody is aware of any existing C B 20's or 28's.

CH has an absolutely drop dead gorgeous C 20 Damascus with deep cut incised engraving. I'm not saying one is better, they are different, that's all. This one has a different style of engraving.

[Dennis V. Nix]

Bruce,

Stop it you're killing me with these beautiful guns. Thanks for showing us that Parker. It is absolutely beautiful from one end to the other and then the case too. Beautiful workmanship of a long gone time when the world was a quieter place.

Dennis

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Bruce, How many 10gauge C grade guns were made with Bernard and Damascus, I do not have any data where I am at Thanks Gary

[Bruce Day]

TPS, p. 298:

Top action, B4 10ga: 39

Hammerless, B4, 10ga : 39
Same, Damascus: 7

There are a few we have seen with 10/12 ga Bernard/Damacus sets, although the records do not state how many were made. I have a 10ga Dam and 12ga Bernard ( 2 frame) set that you have seen.

[Richard B. Hoover]

Wonderful gun. Who did the engraving?

[Dean Romig]

In 1904 when Bruce's wonderful D4 was made William H. Gough, (son of former chief engraver "Harry" Gough), was Parker Bros. chief engraver from from about 1899 to 1911 when he was replaced by Frederick Anschutz. There were, however, several others working in the engraving shop at Parker during these years.

[Richard B. Hoover]

That is superb work- done by a real master. Maybe the stock book lists the name of the engraver?

[Bruce Day]

No. The dates are 1900 to 1905. Now if we are able to identify engravers who were there for those years only, I think we can make an informed supposition. It is also possible that the rondell style was not the product of an engraver's decision but rather a Parker style decision, which changed over time. We just don't know and will probably never know.

[Dean Romig]

Parker Bros. engravers during the 1900 - 1905 period are as follows.
Bearing in mind that several other engravers, both apprentice and journeymen, from the decade or so prior to 1900 also worked on engraving post 1900.

This is a clip from an article I'm working on for Parker Pages.
All information here was gleaned from The Parker Story so the credit goes to the authors, Price, Mullins, Gunther, et al.



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[Bruce Day]

Yes, there were several engravers during that period, all listed in TPS. The question was do we know who did the rondelle engraving. I don't , and I don't know of anyone who does. The TPS list does not identify any engraver who was employed either in house or on contract, only from 1900 to 1905. I have never seen any engraver's initials on a rondelle gun, and I have looked.

[Dean Romig]

Bruce, will you please show us the setter engraved on the other side of the frame of that CH?

[Bruce Day]

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