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Originally Posted by Rock185
I kinda wondered about that too John. I know that in the last several years I've only come across three sets in person with the wrap around checkering. Two J-Frame sets, and an N-Frame set. I acquired one J set and the N frame set. I have some others, K/L, J, Colt, etc., but all only checkered on the sides.
Wonder if they just made some runs with the wrap around checkering, as opposed to phasing them out during some approximate time period? I can see where just checkering the sides would be easier/quicker to manufacture.
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It's apparent on the set made specifically for me, that the checkering was done by hand rather than being machine made. That had to take time and be labor intensive, increasing costs. I guess Herrett's found this not to be an advantage to their bottom line. I wonder if they still do custom work from a hand tracing?
John