One could also make an argument that a Repro is as much a Parker as a Remington-built Parker. Hadn't there been legality issues with name licensing, Parker Reproductions would have simply been named Parkers--but that's not what we're discussing and belongs in a different thread.

The common perception is that all Del Grego restorations have cyanide colors, that isn't quite true. Babe Del Grego told me in a phone conversation that it has been more than 10 years since he last used the cyanide process and since then has been farming out case-coloring to Turnbull and his bone charcoal system.