Thanks everyone, glad you like it.
Here's some info on the finish, etc.
The barrel, trigger guard, butt plate, toe plate and rod pipes were all browned using Wahkon Bay Tru-Brown using the 3-4 hour cycle method over 24 hours or so. Killed the rust with a very hot soda water scrub, then applied beeswax which melted and flowed nicely to seal it. Excess wax was wiped off while still melted.
The nose cap (not shown in the photos) is poured tin, nothing fancy, just a regular shaped nose cap. (The Aqua-Fortis put an immediate patina on it!)
The lock and trigger bar were colored using a small pin-point flame on my acetylene torch to get some spots and swirls of varying color, then applying BC Perma-Blue all over the warm parts, then polishing with OOOO steel wool and motor oil. Sort of a faux CCH color. The triggers were hardened according to Davis' instructions, then polished and cold blued.
The maple stock was mostly scraped, some areas were sanded. Wahkon Bay's Aqua-Fortis was applied and heated w/heat gun to make the wood blush. Then it was rubbed with OOOO steel wool. Next, a coat of a mix of 50/50 walnut and cherry LMF stain was brushed on and wiped back off while still damp. Let it dry for 24 hours and applied Tru-Oil with OOOO steel wool for the first coat, then the next few coats were rubbed in with a soft cloth.
This was the first time I used a lollipop tang. It wasn't as bad to inlet as I thought it may be. The skinny waist seems pretty fragile while taking it in and out of the wood.
Ted K
