Discuss Patina. Precisely - ethics of Patina.

[Mike Poindexter]

Tom: I have one very similar with 28 inch barrels, a 1900 gun on a 2 frame. It is not pretty in the classic sense, but like yours it is untouched and immaculate on the inside, bores included. I keep it as my "benchmark" Parker, to quote Ed M. If I'm ever in doubt as to whether a screw has been turned or a plate disassembled or a set of chambers or forcing cones reamed, or barrels buffed or polished, I compare it to this one. Why mess with a sure thing?

[TNR]

Limapapa - I agree

Though I did take a little flitz to her this afternoon - it removed some of the speckling on the first pass. Still heavy patina but just a little cleaner.

[Bill Murphy]

Nice shiny totally untouched Parker receivers got that way over a period of years from honest use and meticulous care after shooting. Brown patina untouched Parker receivers got that way over a period of years from honest use and somewhat less meticulous care after shooting. Once they get brown, I leave them that way because most attempts to make them look shiny or white end up in a non original look. I have a brown and beautiful twenty gauge 1917 VH that is the most wonderful looking Parker, a Parker that would be ruined by any attempt to improve it. By the way, the pictured gun looks a bit like my 20. Bruce's assessment of how they get that way agrees with my opinion of how they get that way. I choose to leave them as is and hunt off the brown.