[fred cook]

Originally Posted by lm6y

The rest of this spoon is blued, and so it shall remain. This spoon has no financial value to me at all, but, it was my Father's backup weapon that he carried in his squad car since it was new. That fact makes me want to keep it as HE wanted it, and purchased it.* But the Colt Commander that was his side arm, satin nickel. Both of these have an IMMENSE sentimental value to me, and both have less than 75 rounds through them, and they will probably stay that way. Keeping them as close to how my Father wanted them is the MOST important thing to me. Again, if WANTED to, we have the tools, the know how, and the equipment to polish them to a #1 Diamond finish, and chrome plate them. But that isn't what I WANT. If I were to actually take them out into the elements for extended periods, those finishes would work well, I'm sure, but it's not what I'm after. I don't want to re-invent the wheel, I just want them as Dad ordered, purchased, and carried them. Anything else would be like gold embroidering his ASAF patches to "spiff them up".

I applaud your efforts to keep things as they should be kept. The things that are handed down from generation to generation are truely treasures to be kept safe. The hardest thing will be to get the stock hinge reblued so that it matches the rest of the piece. Again, Dave (Targa911S) is the best source to confer with on this project as I believe that he can do a couple of different types of blueing. Good luck with your project.