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[D Armstrong]

We've got an interesting one on the bench. An early Grieshaber, 5½", HR with gold-filled overlay. But not the hump-filler; this one has a barrel cut-out with a rotating protective gold-filled sleeve.

I've looked at the c.1914 catalog, searched the forums & web, etc., but can't find any references to this variant. Has anyone come across it before?The pressure bar is loose, and just seems to be friction-fit between the sac & sleeve, rotating with it. Any thoughts on this? The last person to have a go at it seems to have put in an under-sized sac, and tried to glue the bar to the sac. Didn't work, as glue sticks oh-so-well to rubber. (Looked for the head-slapping emoticon and can't find it.)

Your observations and experience are appreciated.

[david i]

Hi,

Pretty pen.

I've seen thumb fillers with nice overlays as Century and AIkin Lambert. While I have not hunted (indeed, it would make for a challenging hunt) early/overlay Greishabers, I don't recall seeing a thumb-filler before.

regards

david

[Shadow Wave]

Hmm.

The Laughlin patent of October 29, 1912 (link here) is for a "presser bar" filler, and provides a link and slot to prevent lateral movement of the bar. Is it possible there's a missing link ? Is there no slot in the pressure bar?


LeBoeuf also had a kind of tongue and groove arrangement to keep the bar from sliding.

[D Armstrong]

Hmm.

The Laughlin patent of October 29, 1912 (link here) is for a "presser bar" filler, and provides a link and slot to prevent lateral movement of the bar. Is it possible there's a missing link ? Is there no slot in the pressure bar?


LeBoeuf also had a kind of tongue and groove arrangement to keep the bar from sliding.

No infrastructure of any kind, nor any spots where it might have gone; the bar is completely plain, and has no wear points. And it is the original, considering amount of wear (which alone is, admittedly, circumstantial), length, and the fact that it's curve perfectly matches barrel and sleeve.

Combining this flaw (unsecured pressure bar) with the fact that all of the gold gets rubbed off the sleeve, it's not hard to guess why they went with the hump-filler design rather than this one. Which begs the question: if this variant isn't reported, and isn't documented, how many were actually made? Makes me wish it was actually mine...

Edited by D Armstrong, 16 June 2013 - 12:44 PM.