The gentlemen around Eric prolly frowned on those not so subtle gun scratchins
I don't doubt it. Here's something to chew on. As for the meager, I'm having a custom Ithaca Model 37 (Sandusky OH) presently being built and had arranged to have the receiver case color hardened at Turnbull's subsequent to Ithaca's contract engraver doing the stock receiver scenes. Why? Silly visions of English driven pheasant shoots and such and such, with a PUMP no less - actually I don't know why now. Anyway, Yes, Turnbull can do C11 L17 steel and i have a photo of the one example of an M37 receiver they turned out for an ex-president of a known company some years ago (the resultant finished gun was "odd," so i am told). Well, when Ithaca's contract engraver heard my plans, he and I had a frank discussion and I decided to honor the more traditional and stick with a regular factory blue instead of the color. With deeper thought during the conversation, I volunteered offering to respect the engraver's moral right, that intellectual property right in the manner of the French "Droit au Respect de l' Oeuvre." Ultimately, I admit my original desire was dimwitted and not at all going with my traditional sense, however, I was greatly tempted but took the wiser route. I'll be much happier. But then again, if I could play guitar well enough, then ......
