Engraving ?

[Harold Ward]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

Engraving on any Parker that is not original would hurt or destroy the actual collector value. Unless it is a recut of original engraving in the event of a restoration. Or a very well done upgrade that is correct to the Parker style.

In order to engrave, the parts should be annealed, engraved and then re-hardened.

If your Trojan is nice in all other aspects than worn colors, don't engrave it. Unless you are fully restoring it, I wouldn't color it either.

If you want frames to practice your engraving on, let me know. I have tons of various grades.

Hi Brian, thanks for the reply, I am grateful for the help that you and everyone else have provided me here on the forum. I also thank you for the offer on the frames and I would like to take you up on your offer. If you have a few Junkers I would love to buy them from you, Trojans would be best and maybe 1 or 2 higher grades that I could practice re-cutting and or transferring would be great. I'll contact you through you website if you prefer. Thanks again, Chris.