Another case color question
This question must have been asked 100 times so forgive me. I searched old threads but couldn't find the exact answer.
I have six Parkers all made between 1890-1900. Most have some original CCH to some degree. Sadly, one of them has no trace of CCH whatsoever and my guess is that it was cleaned at one time. Not polished but someone probably took some steel wool to it to clean it up. It now has a uniform dull white color. I don't want to restore the gun but just have the frame recolored because it looks funny to me.
On my unmolested guns, the colors are blue, pinkish and some straw. All are faded. The blue has darken. The pinkish probably has lightened and is very translucent. Blue is the dominate color but there is quite of bit of pinkish. I have not seen any recoloring, including Turnbull, that seems to get the pinkish color right. The pink probably was redder when new.
Who does the best job of getting the blue/pink combo to look most like a Parker of the era of my guns?
Thx, Ray
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