A Grade Restoration Query

[Phil C]

To the untrained eye (mine ) it looked correct. It alway surprises me what other are able to detect from pictures. Really a cool Parker.
Looking forward to more pictures and information from the letter. Thanks for sharing.

[Corey Barrette]

See below the letter received related to this gun (and case)

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

I may be mistaken, but I believe the butt treatment, inside the SSBP, is leather, as was the case on many high grade Parkers.

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

The butt appears to have been shortened. The toe of the ssbp has been crudely ground down as it would be if the LOP was reduced (screws being put of whack too).

The wood area in the middle of the buttplate was re-inletted poorly and an attempt to stipple it was made instead of proper checkering.

Well then, I guess I was part right....... The part where I said "I may be mistaken,..." that's what I get for looking at pictures on my phone instead of my 24" monitor.

[Corey Barrette]

The gun is as specified in the letter. According to page 353 of The Parker Story, Volume I, this is one of 3 Grade 7 guns manufactured with Damascus barrels.

Thanks, Bill, for a great conversation last eve and for sharing your experience.

This Parker has found a new home.

Additional pics attached.

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Corey Barrette

This Parker has found a new home.

Congratulations, Corey. I'm willing to bet you're pretty excited.
Oh, and Thank you for letting me know my eyes haven't failed me. Brian, you don't need to apologize, just send me a bottle of good single malt.

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Congratulations, Corey. I'm willing to bet you're pretty excited.
Oh, and Thank you for letting me know my eyes haven't failed me. Brian, you don't need to apologize, just send me a bottle of good single malt.

Hey... coulda fooled me.

[William Woods]

Congratulations on a find that most of us could only dream of.

[Corey Barrette]

Originally Posted by edgarspencer

Well then, I guess I was part right....... The part where I said "I may be mistaken,..." that's what I get for looking at pictures on my phone instead of my 24" monitor.

You are correct, Edgar. The treatment below the SSBP is, in fact, leather. Good eye.