Personally I think the torch jobs of "Old Ed" the "Master Gunsmith" are hideous. So far I have found a grand total of ONE person that sees a beauty in that form of butchery and that is the one and only Ed Good (or Ed Lander). If the re-Case Hardening and Case Coloring is SO damn detrimental to these old guns, why are so many reputable companies offering it?

Let's face it Ed, not one person on this board agrees with your "warped" mind. Perhaps you stood to close to the furnace or drank someones quench water and it ruined your perspective of reality. It's a shame that gunsmiths aren't required to have a license and pass an exam to practice the craft. Maybe then they could "disbar" Old Ed and prevent even more guns from getting torched.