I hope I do not get accused of nitpicking, but I have a question about engraving on A grades. In the 1890s, the engraving was fine, detailed, and realistic. By the 1920s it was both. For example, the dog and bird on the floorplate of this gun is very fine and realistic. However, that is not true with the engraving on the sides of the frame. Much less detail as earlier guns and the figures seem rather clownish, for lack of a better word. This is not a criticism but rather an observation. Why didn't Parker engrave the frames with the same detail and realism by the 1920s?
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