Post Reply - Craig Riesch, 7th Edition Review

 W5USMC wrote:

Recently noticed that on page 148 of Riesch's 7th edition he mentions a KJ oiler as being a post war. There is no mention of a KJ oiler in the 8th edition. 

I found an old post on the CMP forum from 2010 by Bill Ricca where he is talking about the oiler section of Riesch's book and states the following.
"Disregard that book. Most of the Oiler information is wrong.
WWII oilers were parkerized, blued, and dull black.

KJ does not exist.

Riesch 8th edition sums up all the changes on page 235 and says the KJ and BW may not exist.
I discussed the 8th edition did not have enough changes to justify buying if you had the 7th.  

Ricca was a valuable source of information.
He was correct on most things, however not everything. (who is?)

The KJ oiler being obvious as existing. 
The finish on oilers early on were all blued but wore easily from sling friction. 
I am fairly sure all the International Silver oilers were originally blued.
After the war things like oilers and magazines were pulled out of packaging and phosphate coated, put back in the packaging or repackaged. 
I am sure some have seen oilers in the box for sale, and they are refinished with a phosphate coating