low grade
 

I am curious if anyone has seen a lower grade Parker with added engraving from the factory???

Good Morning Bill ,This is probably not what you meant ,but I thought it was kind of a neat addition . I recently sold this VH 12 Ga. but if you take a look around the screws ,you will notice a slight extra in the engraving pattern in the first VH Grade compared to the second ,it is a VHE 20 with much more condidion and a few years newer than the first gun !

Thanks Russ, I was just searching to see if anyone back in the day ordered a low grade gun with a little more detail added....A personal touch that made theirs different.

Bill ,You mean like the Barrel Wedges on my C Grade ???:)

Yes Russ, but I can hardly call your C Grade a low grade gun!

Bill ,Just having a little fun with you !!!!!!!:whistle:

Well,,, at least someone replied to my thread.....:knowbetter:

Occasionally you will see low-grade guns (P-, V- and G-grade) with a little more engraving on them. These are invariably what the factory engravers refer to as "Friday afternoon" guns; instead of starting a new gun late in the day, many engravers would linger over the gun on their bench to round out the day's work, which was paid by the hour. Characteristic touches included extra "curleycues" around the screws, bolder termination tails of straight lines and the like.

I spent what I thought was a great amount of money on having my long time project VH reengraved. Maybe I should have had a few extra lines added. By "long time project", I think I started in 1973 and finished it about two years ago. It had been at Frank Lefever and Son, Larry Del Grego and Son, Thierry Duguet, and fiinally, Doug Turnbull.

barrel wedges
 

glad I seen this I have a vhe that a famous baseball player owned with barrel wedges like yours on the front and rear of the barrel gold inlayed with a gold dust around the engraving and i wasn't sure if it was factory it also has his name engraved in the trigger guard in gold and a gold cap on the stock with his name engraved in it and a big gold diamond on the bottom of the receiver thanks for the pics