Someone may correct me if I'm wrong but the bone charcoal color case-hardening process actually creates a molecular bonding of the carbon molecules that produce the color to the steel, whereas the Parker Reproduction colors are more of a staining process which time and use has proven to easily flake off or wear off quickly.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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