interesting history behind a Remington P1907

[Harzer]

Hi,

 

just got an interesting  P1907 made by Remington in 1915 and traveled through the wars to India, There it became the last finish as a MKI**in 1956.

The blued finish is a pretty extreme brilliant blue. Is this normal for the FTRs in India? I saw some of them but not as brilliant. on the blade is a very small marking. left of the Remington circle, could this be an Ashoka marking made in 1956? 

 

Thanks a lot

 

Thomas

 

 

[Harzer]

Does some one could tell me whether the inspection marks IA below the Cypher are from India or are they still made in England?

 

 

[AndyBsk]

IA is mostly a origin proof in Remington factory from english inspector, the piece was refurbished evidently in 1919, when he got the cleaning hole in pommel. I assume here are much skilled experts about P1907.

[navydoc16]

On 15/04/2024 at 17:06, Harzer said:

Hi,

 

just got an interesting  P1907 made by Remington in 1915 and traveled through the wars to India, There it became the last finish as a MKI**in 1956.

The blued finish is a pretty extreme brilliant blue. Is this normal for the FTRs in India? I saw some of them but not as brilliant. on the blade is a very small marking. left of the Remington circle, could this be an Ashoka marking made in 1956? 

 

Thanks a lot

 

Thomas

 

 

Yes they are quite famous and completely normal- a very large batch was sold a number of years ago on the open market. 

The blueing and polishing resulted in an almost electric blue colour 

I have seen many- all are in excellent condition- interestingly all I’ve seen (maybe 20-30) are all FR56 MkII**- unsure the circumstances of production- I’ll check the books if interested 

it seems like the whole batch went to storage 

kind regards

g

Edited 21 April by navydoc16