Chrisguy

If you like Sterlings, there is a great Collector Grade book called the "Guns of Dagenham" that goes into their history. I correspond with David Howroyd, one of the authors from time to time. He told me that Bapty & Co Ltd in the UK took several Sterlings and had them demilled as studio props. From these, the prop makers modeled others that were used on the sets.

Here's a pic of David in the Ministry of Defense Pattern Room in Nottingham with a gold plated, presentation grade Sterling.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f9...vidHowroyd.jpg

The ultimate in bling...
http://www.uzitalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12802

Mine seems pretty plain after that :-)
http://www.uzitalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9249