A new (to me) gun.

[Philip Smith]

Thanks George for the name. When I get my letter back to further pin down it's value I want to then get some ideas of the cost of restoration.
But I was thinking that I didn't want it to look "new", but show it's age gracefully. I'm not sure how you can do that.
Or is there a standard to bring it back to the just out of the box look?

I'm still a bit confused, Bernards are not the same as Damascus but both have the pattern on them? is that correct? What makes that pattern?

I have not had any PM's, altough my wife indicates that maybe we should sell (youngest going of to college this time next year). This of course brings up the old argument of put money in it and then sell or sell now to someone who would love to have it and would do it up right.

I am inclined to restore it, wait till my son goes to college, turn his room into my man cave and place the Parker were everyone could see it.