Hi Joe -
"Repro" or "Skeuse Parker"... those are nothing more than a simple nickname. They are and will always be the Parker Reproduction by Winchester - so named by Tom Skeuse, the founder of the Parker Reproduction. Folks can call them whatever they like; but they should never call them cheap reproductions. I agree with you Joe, that they are in many ways a better product but only because of the quality of the steels and the manufacturing processes, not because of the design - that was all done long before Tom Skeuse came on the scene.
Aside from the quality of the wood on many examples, the only flaw I have found with the Repros is with their mass-produced ejector hammers and I hope the ones you're producing have eliminated that critical flaw.
Original Parker ejector hammers had a radiused inside angle to that little 90-degree foot and when the Olin factory in Kodensha Japan manufactured these hammers they took a short cut by eliminating the radius. This mistake spelled didaster to some of their ejector hammers, mine included. And until you came along our only source was an ejector hammer cannibalized from an original Parker.
I like that you honor the Skeuse family by including their name in your new nomenclature... but I'm an old dog and you know what they say about teaching us new tricks....
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