Ted is a dear pal and used to blue my guns for me years ago. I am glad he is doing that as I take it as a compliment. It must be a neat thing to do or I would still be the only one doing it. I started it when I was a Deputy Sheriff and used 1911's for duty. I als have been checkering hammers for 20 years and got that from Bill Bidwell who got it from??? and the reasion was simple. I wanted my fighting hand guns to be sticky everywhere I could make them that way. I wanted them to WORK! I have copied the work of other smiths throughout the years and nothing is sacred with us. If it is a nice thing to do, we do it!
I serrated slides differently, too and thay used to laugh at me because I put a round in the chamber and did the end of the extactor all the way down to the bottom of the rails. Now I see that treatment here and there.
That is going to look crappy if that extractor breaks?" Oh well. It hasn't broke yet! And if it does, so what? It will look like one of the other smiths did it!
Easy to see who did this melted Bo-Mar Rear. Look at the elevation screw.
My style of hand checkering, wrap around 30 LPI on the trigger guard and the bordered 20 LPI on the front strap.
The rear serrations and checkered hammer and top the hammer strut are dead give aways, too. I am so glad I do not do this work anymore, and I don't care who uses the stuff I used to do.
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