[TheForge] Gun bluing & browning (book)

[Bruce Freeman]

Nope, I've got it.  "Firearm Blueing & Browning" by R.H. Angier. c. 1936.

I've also got your Art & Metal T-shirt, somewhere.  You shed
possessions wherever you go.  What would be the inverse of a
kleptomaniac?

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:
> You have the book?  I thought it was the one volume that made its way to
> WV by accident...  Or maybe that was your book of axes.  Damn these
> brain cells.
>
> Bruce Freeman wrote:
>> I have a book by the title above.  I've glanced through it but never
>> had occasion to really delve into it.
>>
>> I'm retired now, and if someone is interested in going to the trouble
>> to try some of what it recommends, I'd happily assist as an "advisor"
>> -- namely, owner of the book, owner of a scanner, and a chemist by
>> profession.  (I'm not a toxicologist, but can probably give you
>> adequate warning if you're likely to be poisoning yourself -- and how
>> to avoid doing so.)
>>
>> I suspect that do-it-yourself gun bluing or browning could be much
>> cheaper than buying commercial products.  The catch is time and
>> energy.  Accordingly, this approach is not for everybody.
>>
>> I'd be interested in the outcome -- maybe you could post before and
>> after photos of your experiments.  (I would not suggest trying
>> formulations on expensive objects until you are quite confident of
>> them.)
>>
>> Anyone interested?
>>
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-- 
Bruce
NJ