It is my opinion based on fact that having the checkering borders redone with Parker (Meriden) mullered would not be in keeping with what the gun was originally intended to reproduce - but then neither were the Kodensha borders a good reproduction of the Remington Ilion examples Tom Skeuse had sent to be copied. The Remington Parkers made in Ilion did not have mullered borders as did the Meriden guns.
See examples of original Ilion checkering borders below.
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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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