I found the ad this morning and probably spent 30 minutes or more looking at it. If this is truly a benchmark all original gun, it is amazing to say the least.
I do have some takeaway's from what you can see from pictures on the internet. These are just my observations for what they are worth.
1. The case colors have a lot of pinks/lavender/straw colors along with the typical blue hues. The frame polish seems to be inline with that similar to what I see of Turnbull's work.
2. The finish does seem to be an amber shellac with some shrinkage & crazing on the forearm.
3. The checkering panels appear to be finished the same as the rest of the wood without any darkening agents added to the panels.
4. The bluing on the barrels is to die for.
5. The trigger guard looks to be finished in the same manner as the barrels rather than nitre blued.
6. Forearms are thin fragile things. Even a low mileage gun like this can have possible cracks in the wood, if not the wood at least the finish.
This isn't picking the gun apart in any way. I've just been curious of what true original finishes for the various parts of Parker of this vintage should look like. I've been looking at my piggy bank all day trying to figure out how I could get my hands on this gun.
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