You can tell the birds and dogs are stamped on...they are all exactly the same. My guess they had plates that did the large flat areas then hand finished the rest...Yes they are very nice! It would cost more than the guns now sell for if it were all hand engraved...who has that ability and would work for the price that Japanese worked for at that time! They did top shelf skilled labor for a real deal of a price! Cost to make them today would bring the sell price over 20K each for a one barrel set! What a deal these guns really are...(-: SXS ohio
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