New to the Parker World ... Seeking experienced answers on a repeated thread avenue .

[Bruce Day]

The trigger guard was niter blued so that it comes out a hard shiny blue black.

The Damascus browning is a dirty and lengthy process and hard to get right. They can come out murky and a person ends up doing it over until he gets it right or gives up.

The bone charcoal case coloring is harder still to get right. Many have tried, most fall short. However if a person can master Parker restoration correctly , collectors will beat a path to his door. The frame can be warped and ruined . No cyanide , no torch and oil , no bluing, no shoddy chemical wipe ons.

Good luck. Sincerely. We need more good gunsmiths.

[Bobby Turner]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

The trigger guard

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no shoddy chemical wipe ons.

Good luck. Sincerely. We need more good gunsmiths.

No Gunsmith here ... lol ... Just a R E D N E C K Restorer out here on the High Plains of Texas ... Do a lot of bringing Great Grand Dads, Grand Dad's, Dad's or whoever's old guns back from the grave ... Don't do restorations back to original but back to aesthetically pleasing and functional ...

Making a decision here on whether or not I want to take this PB on ... the information I am gathering is for the owner who has really no idea what he has ... I am needing to give the owner all of the pertinent facts so he can make an informed decision as to how he wants to proceed ...

I do appreciate everyone's help in this ... this is one of the things I really like about restoring old guns ... the history lessons and the education that goes along with the research ...