Black and Blue beat up 1911

[gunrunner32]

My friend handed me his 1911 project to refinish it. It wasn't in the best of condition, the frame had some rust on it, the slide had standard blade sights and the finish on it looked like it had been blued and then someone did a DIY blueing to repair it. He picked the colors, not my choice but I think it turned out very well. It's a Caspian frame and a Colt slide, and I know nothing about the guts of it. On to the finish since that's my doing; the slide and all small parts were done in a custom mix of Graphite Black and Blue Titanium, the frame was done in Blue Titanium and the barrel, barrel bushing and operating rod were left alone. Here are some pictures, the close up is my attempt at getting a contrast shot. Here's the pictures, enjoy.

It does have a serial number, it's been masked.

EDIT: for Graycrait, It's all Cerakote. And yes I sand blast the old finish off. I like a clean unflawed surface or a fresh parkerized job only. I don't like the idea of any flaws between what I do and what someone else has done.

Edited March 23, 2011 by gunrunner32

[graycrait]

What type of finish is that? I like that Blue Titanium. I have a .22 pistol I need to refinish. Did you bead blast the old finish off?

Thanks,

Craig in Clarksville

[JeffsSig]

Are these the before or after shots?

[Steelharp]

Are these the before or after shots?

Ouch... that left a mark!

[gunrunner32]

Haha, these are the after...nice try at a ding though. As I said in the original post, what I recieved was a rusty frame in the white and a slide that was 2 different shades of blueing and a ziplock back of small parts.