Refinished 19-3? Cylinder rod knurling??

[Model29-26.5]

On a recent post about a 27-1 refinish, a commenter said that a refinish giveaway is the cylinder rod.
I'm wondering about this one?
It does look particularly black. Lighting makes a diff I know.
The info says it's a collector item and that comment makes me wonder.
All mine have a little bare steel in the knurling.
Was the knurling done after the bluing typically in those days?
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[JP@AK]

The issue mentioned in that other thread was about the face of the rod "knob," where it engages the front lock. That part was not usually blued. It has to slide past the front lock, so it was left "in the white."

 

[Truckman]

To clarify further, Jack refers to the smooth part of the rod cut at a 45 degree angle at the very front......Ben

 

[ameridaddy]

The issue mentioned in that other thread was about the face of the rod "knob," where it engages the front lock. That part was not usually blued. It has to slide past the front lock, so it was left "in the white."

Some experts may correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that the 45 deg chamfer has to be filed or otherwise touched to adjust the rod length to get the proper clearance yet have secure engagement with the spring loaded detent pin in order to latch and unlatch the cylinder cleanly. The couple I've had to change out were both a skosh too long to let the cylinder swing closed cleanly, and I chucked up the rod and carefully removed metal to shorten the rod until I got an effortless but secure cylinder closure. That left the chamfer in the white.

 

[GerSan69]

That knurling looks normal to me. The lettering looks untouched, so I'd say it's all original.

 

[Hondo44]

Almost all Hand Ejectors have that front tip of the extractor rod fitted for length after bluing and are in the white when shipped as new revolvers. The one exception is the.44 Special 1st Model, the Triple Lock. Its extractor rod knob does not need fitting because the fitting for latching action is done by the middle (3rd lock) in the bottom of the extractor shroud and its cam plate in the front surface of the yoke.