Engraved Star

[damascusblade5]

I recently bought a factory engraved Spanish Star 22 pistol. It is nickle plated and close to 100% coverage with engraving. I have only found one refernce to this gun on the internet and it was a picture of one that sold at auction. Anyone ever seen one or know any details?

 

[Casimer]

Not factory engraved, but here's a page on the pistol series - http://www.star-firearms.com/firearms/guns/f/index.shtml

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Star guns were available engraved.
The engraved models were chrome plated, not nickel.
Post a picture and we can tell you more.

 

[Mark W.]

Well since chrome is clear they would have had to have been nickle plated first then chromed.

The normal way you get a chromed finish on something is to first plate with copper then nickel then the chrome clear coat for it's protection from oxidation and to harden the underlying layers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_plating

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Chrome is not clear. It also does not have to be applied over nickel/copper, and you don't have to copper underplate to plate nickel on steel.
I do electroplating, and I collect Star pistols. What are your qualifications, other than Wikipedia, to make the assinine statement you made?

 

[gyvel]

LOLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Wikipedia link doesn't even mention anything close to "clear" chroming. The closest I could find is reference to The Clean Water Act. (Hey! It's only one letter difference, right?)

 

[Hardcase]

OK, now, to be fair, at the very end of the Wikipedia article, it does talk about copper/nickel/chrome plating as an automotive use of chrome. No references are cited, so make of it what you will.

What I know about plating would fill a small (non-plated) thimble, so I will cheerfully defer to Bill.

I, too, would like to see a picture of the pistol. It sounds like quite a find!

 

[damascusblade5]

It is factory engraved, Star apparently engraved several models/ I can't get the pics I have to upload but it is just like the one shown on this page.