My $9.95 Red Bar says..."How do you like me now?"

[Pourme]

Following in the footsteps of Doug Rose's RCA metal Red Bar...

http://tinyurl.com/gskxrcw

After entering mine in the November FOM contest, it became obvious that my newly acquired RB had it's fair share of scratches and chipped paint, I decided "Why not?".

Original find post:  http://tinyurl.com/jzb2qrx

It turned out very nice. Much different than my stripped 302. The metal on the Kellogg phone has different characteristics in both the texture of the surface and the allow make up of the pot metal. These phones could still be painted by future collectors in their current condition.

The original cords are very dry and cracking. You may notice I added black heat shrink to the worn ends to reinforce them for now. New cords some day.

Special thanks to John 'TelePlay' for the suggestion of Renaissance Wax for the fingerprints on the metal & Jeff 'Ktownphoneco' for taking his time to help me with the number card and holder.

Overall thanks to this forum, ever ready to help the collectors and what all of you do for the preservation of these pieces of history!

[19and41]

Wonder how one of those would accept cold bluing of the type used for firearm finishes? 

[Ktownphoneco]

Nice job Benny !!   I like the finish.    I know the black finish was pretty much the standard in telephones back in that era, but I'd be willing to bet that had the factory thought of polished bare metal as a finish, they probably would have tried marketing a few, just to gauge customer reaction.   Very nice indeed.

Jeff

[Pourme]

Wonder how one of those would accept cold bluing of the type used for firearm finishes?

Good question. I have never applied one of those finishes. Maybe someone here has and would have a opinion. Trying to imagine how that would look!

[Pourme]

Nice job Benny !!   I like the finish.    I know the black finish was pretty much the standard in telephones back in that era, but I'd be willing to bet that had the factory thought of polished bare metal as a finish, they probably would have tried marketing a few, just to gauge customer reaction.   Very nice indeed.

Jeff

Thanks, Jeff. I really like how these Kelloggs look naked!

[Doug Rose]

Real nice Benny......beautiful....Doug

[dsk]

I am impressed,     again!

dsk

[Pourme]

Thanks Doug & dsk....

This phone has some good lines, reminds me of a finely designed automobile....

[Spanish_phones]

Wow!  Great restoration!  I love the colour combination

Great job