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04-29-2015, 09:40 PM | #13 | ||||||
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A disgruntled engraver....
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04-29-2015, 09:43 PM | #14 | ||||||
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That is very cool. And a lot of people might miss that.
Clearly the final inspector in Meriden did. |
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04-29-2015, 10:14 PM | #15 | ||||||
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Must have been done after a 3 martini linch
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04-29-2015, 10:22 PM | #16 | ||||||
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Or possibly illiterate.... A great many Parker Bros. entry level employees (the kind who, in the engraving room engraved the most basic of tasks) or apprentices were foreign immigrants who may not have spoken, much less wrote or read, the English language. I'm thinking the guy who did this rib was soon relegated to sweeping the floors. Incidentally, those barrels have a beautiful pattern and should be refinished to bring it out. This is a set of Stub Twist barrels from Parker No. 10165 .... Interesting that it has Damascus ribs. . |
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