Another Weatherby trait that Engilbert retained in all of his work was his use of polyurethane finish, I never saw Ole use any other type of finish, but he could make polyurethane mimic just about any finish you wanted. He could create a Weatherby like high gloss finish, or a dull finish that looked like a hand rubbed varnish, or anything in between, but it was all polyurethane, and to his credit I never saw any of his finishes separate or chip.
Roy Weatherby was a good businessman and his business practices were many years ahead of their time. At first Weatherby set up his shop in South Gate to produce the custom rifles that he had envisioned, and to develop the Weatherby brand name for high quality deluxe sporting rifles in special Weatherby calibers, however, as costs became prohibitive, he closed down his manufacturing facilities here in America and had the rifles produced in Germany and then later Japan. What Weatherby was doing is now popularly known as “branding,” which has unfortunately become the accepted method of manufacturing here in America. Companies develop a brand name, have their products manufactured over seas and spend their time promoting and advertising their particular brand.
