[TheForge] Gun bluing & browning (book)

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Bruce, 



Can you tell me who is the author or who the publisher was? I can look it up at a technical bookstore and, maybe, find a copy. 



BTW I missed seeing you at Gichner's. 



Mark Williams 

Snow Hill, Maryland 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <freemab222 at gmail.com> 
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 3:03:54 PM 
Subject: [TheForge] Gun bluing & browning (book) 

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? 

-- 
Bruce 
NJ 
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