I bought a set of wood from Mr. Dudley for a small frame Lefever project gun of mine. When I got it and started looking, I found what I presume to be the original owners name and date scratched into the underside of the plate. Granted only the wood is all I have, but I thought it was kind of neat. Plus the gun I had came with the broken wood, and under that butt plate was a receipt for some work done in the early 80's. I enjoy the history aspect of stuff like that, and I think original owner's info scratched into the underside of a plate is fine. For restoration guys to start marking things, I'd rather see a receipt of some kind stuck somewhere I think. 1, it's not there's to mark unless they bought it, restored it and then are selling, and 2, I can start buying plates and carving whoever's name I want in it and try passing it off as having been worked on by someone better than me, if I were unscrupulous that is. People do stranger things...
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