Ek1 marked Silber

[RobbieUranus]

Hey all. got this EK1 marked silber in the mail today. Just checking if it looks ok to everyone.

-Robbie

[RobbieUranus]

Silber

[gregM]

Good cross attributed to C.F. Zimmerman

[Dansson]

Good cross attributed to C.F. Zimmerman

Agree, the cross seems to be Brüniert too

[RobbieUranus]

Thanks Greg and Daniel for the comments! Much appreciated.

[pzrwest]

What does "Brüniert" mean or stand for?

[Dansson]

What does "Brüniert" mean or stand for?

A few makers, including C.F.Zimmermann, did instead of blackening the cast iron core, or painting the cast/ steel-sheet core, use different methods such as bluing the core with bluish finish or making it have a brownish finish called "Brünierung". This was done by burning different oils on the surfaces of the cores a few times to get this a bit exquisite finish on them.

Not exactly handbook text by me, as I can not express myself in the same way in English as I am capable of in Finnish or Swedish.
But I hope you get my point