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Post by neophone on Feb 1, 2008 1:12:49 GMT -5
Gents, I just stumbled across this tonight-it was the photo in the banner ad on the other board. Is the finish on this correct? It looks so different from the other "tiger stripe" sort I've seen before. Rare Edison Model M Combo...Regards, J. |
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Post by lukewarmwater on Feb 1, 2008 5:04:17 GMT -5
Neo --
The protective shellac finish is not in the best state of preservation, but it all looks original to me. If one were to remove the old shellac and re-apply, you'd have a reproducer body that looked as-new. Luke W.
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Post by neophone on Feb 1, 2008 15:47:58 GMT -5
Luke,
Thanks. I haven't seen a lot of those babies, only three or four, but the few I've seen had finer figuring on them. The bright spots on the one I posted looked almost like finger sized "wipes" if you know what I mean.
Regards,
J.
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Post by lukewarmwater on Feb 1, 2008 16:23:29 GMT -5
The striping was a liquid resist that was hand-painted on the reproducer body before it was anodized. Although it seems like most of the brush strokes are approximately in the same places and shapes on the reproducers I've seen, the look would differ a bit from reproducer to reproducer likely depending on the skill of the person who did it, how charged the brush was with resist, whether they were done on a Friday afternoon or a Monday morning, left-handed or right-handed, how experienced the employee was, whether they had fought with their spouse, etc., etc., etc. Luke W.
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Post by maroongem on Feb 1, 2008 17:27:51 GMT -5
I sold one of these a few yrs ago on eBay and was amazed at the snipe fest at the end. It went for close to $1,500.00 but I notice this one is missing the flat spring that puts tension on the turnover mechanism. The Mod.O uses the same spring, so the new owner shouldn't have too much trouble getting a replacement.
Bill
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