It appears to be brown paint and went on after the leather was applied.


On Oct 23, 2014, at 4:29 PM, Ed Minch  wrote:

> Bill
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> Is that a dark stain/paint on the top of the jaws? Was the leather put on
after the staining was done?
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> Ed Minch
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> On Oct 23, 2014, at 12:45 PM, William Ghio  wrote:
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>> Any one seen one like this? Ideas on what trade it might have been created
for?
>> 
>> Pictures are at:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../sets/7
2157648523527328/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../sets/721576485235
27328/
>> 
>> Bill
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