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Position:Home>Genealogy> What was a "gun polisher"?Question: What was a "gun polisher"?In researching the family tree I came across someone whose profession was a "gun polisher" working in London in the early/mid nineteenth century having moved down from Birmingham. 4 months ago 4 months ago Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 4 months ago Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls - I don't think it's as straightforward as you might think. Why, for example, would someone be employed to polish a gun (if that is what the job was) - were they that obsessed with cleanliness and tidiness in the nineteenth century ? I think it's something to do with the manufacturing process - a gun smith suggested it might be to do with carving the barrel and stocks. However, does anybody know ? |