[TheForge] Gun blue finishing

[Widham, Mitchell P.]

I recently blued a tomahawk head, it came out a little blotchy, almost
had the look of color case hardening. I was pleased with the results.
However when I did some chopping with it, the bluing whore off quickly
on the contact areas.

Mitch Widham
Campus Safety & Security
Operations Manager
office: 386-226-7580
cell: 386-212-0018
mitchell.widham at erau.edu

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Subject: [TheForge] Gun blue finishing


 I've seen  some great examples of iron finished with gun bluing and
some descriptions of sealing it in linseed oil or lacquer, but, after
going to buy some gun blue, I've come to discover that applying gun blue
in an even coat without bathing the iron in a tank of it (as gunsmiths
apparently do), not to mention that it's challenging to find a place
that sells the amount necessary to seal a larger project (in this case a
welded table frame). Thoughts?

Thanks,

Mark Novak
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