Big difference between a rust browning procees or rust brown chem finish which it might actually be and the hardened smoothed over handled aged rust called patina that some hold in such high"regard" as a selling point.
To each their own......
Patina is a result of compounded neglect over time that has gained mythical value by fools long ago to be used as a selling point for top dollar value.
I dont buy into it.
I also dont buy into the removing patina and restoring a finish destroys condition value.
Metal or wood.
Laughable to hear wood described as having patina
Patina on wood is fughing grime.....
This schit was something made up by sellers long ago to get top dollar value and has mutated into an accepted standard and condition term to get top dollar out of poor condition firearms.
The antique bussiness is also full of old fogey bullschitt standards established decades ago also for top dollar sales to the gullible.
JMO
And I am sticking by it, always have, always will.
It's like with coin collecting, too. An old filthy coin can be worth a lot. Clean it, and suddenly the coin collecting community says it's now worthless as a collector's piece.
Imo
These standards were established in compensation for " experts" back in day buying low grade common schit, cause they didnt wanta buy the same stuff in way better condition at a higher price for resale.
And overtime it has become a urban legend standard of value.
Enough people talked schitt up for years and decades, it became accepted.
All it took was a compounding over time affect.
Where is it in writing and by who or whom that these standards have become gospel.
And what is the intial base line of it.
Mose,s came off the mountain with an 11th commandment.
Proclaiming
"Patina is legit and valuable, god just said so"
GMFAB...
Lol!!!
