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Section 8: Handguns Subject: Gemini Dragon Msg# 928442
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Very true, Mark, about the Damascus slides.
I have less of a problem with engraving because it can be designed to enhance the lines of the gun, unlike Damascus which is just out there on its own! Moderate and tasteful engraving doesn't put me off at all. What does is the Italian school of engraving which covers every inch of steel with pictures of game and naked ladies. Stu |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: The problem with Damascus slides in my opinion is that they are so out there, you must use them on otherwise quite plain 1911s. If you dude-up the rest of the pistol it is very much gilding the lily, and the entire effect is ruined. I feel the same way about engraved slides. To me the best looking engraved slide rides atop an otherwise unadorned frame. Same reason. I suspect if one doesn't like the Damascus steel slide he will also not like an engraved slide, because both are meant to be sexy, as you put it. By the way, "sexy" is a very apt term coming from you, as the car companies probably went further than any industry in history via their advertising in equating their products with sexiness--or just plain sex. The gun industry has tried, on occasion, to follow [see any EAA print ad], though mostly the gun industry focuses on "coolness," machismo, testosterone, and masculinity, or nostalgia and tradition--as with the traditions of hunting and shooting with family. I suppose Damascus steel to me is a thing of beauty, which is why I bought a nice knife made with that process that I never use. I find it both classy and attractive, rather than sexy, I might add. And I'm impressed that Caspian was able to build--or source, I forget which, a slide made this way that will hold up like a traditional slide. Still, someday I'll have a one of my stainless slides engraved, which I'll like even better. |
