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Old 08-14-2009, 12:21 AM
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Default Carbonia Blue

I read an almost exact accounting of the S&W Carbonia story on another website some time back.
I will have to look for it as it had more details on period finishes and recipes for those finishes.

Colt offered a limited edition WWI 1911 a few years back advertised with a Carbonia finish.

As the story goes they sent them out to be Carbonia finished outside their factory by a private gunsmith,
So although Colt has offered handguns for sale that were advertised as finished in Carbonia ,
They did not perform the actual finish and because the true recipe was lost the term
"Carbonia Finish" will always be disputed.

This is a side by side picture of their "Carbonia style" finished 1911 next to a parkerized 1911 for comparison.


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