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I just got my Underwood back from Shuff's Parkerizing in Michigan and couldn't be happier. Turnaround time was only 8 calendar days door-to-door and only $125!!! Washington State to Michigan and back... Holy Cow!!
It began as an early matching Underwood that Bubba got ahold of in the 1940's or 50's. Whomever had polished the park off and attempted to blue it. After years of neglect (sitting in a garage) it was rusting up pretty good.
I bought for cheap to rescue it and cleaned it up as best as I could but it really needed to be refinished. After much consideration I opted to have it zinc parkerized.
Here's some before and after shots.
(notice the ears were ground off the front site)
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It began as an early matching Underwood that Bubba got ahold of in the 1940's or 50's. Whomever had polished the park off and attempted to blue it. After years of neglect (sitting in a garage) it was rusting up pretty good.
I bought for cheap to rescue it and cleaned it up as best as I could but it really needed to be refinished. After much consideration I opted to have it zinc parkerized.
Here's some before and after shots.
(notice the ears were ground off the front site)
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Back from Shuffs
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