| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,777 | With an angle grinder and a good set of original-looking stamping dies, that replacement block can be anything you want it to be. The collector's market for WW II Mauser rifles has that problem now, with a bunch of authentic-looking fakes that have been carefully refinished and stamped with fake "waffenampts" (proof marks) to fool the suckers! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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