« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: My first attempt  (Read 4865 times)

Offline bdixon

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 250
  • F & AM #376.
My first attempt
« on: May 04, 2010, 05:06:10 PM »
After numerous mistakes and repairs here is the flavor that I got from Aqua Fortis, Laurel mountain nut brown, then linseed hand rubbed and buffed with soft cotton cloth.


Logged

Offline Dr. Tim-Boone

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *
  • Posts: 6538
  • I Like this hat!!
Re: My first attempt
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2010, 05:10:12 PM »
And you don't like it, right??  :o ;D ;D   That really brought out the curl!!.... very nice.
Logged
De Oppresso Liber
Marietta, GA

Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others. – William Allen White

Learning is not compulsory...........neither is survival! - W. Edwards Deming

Offline Acer Saccharum

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 19311
    • Thomas A Curran
Re: My first attempt
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2010, 05:10:20 PM »
Looks like you caught a tiger!

You really brought out the curl. Good job. You must be pleased.

Tom
Logged
Tom Curran's web site : http://monstermachineshop.net
Ramrod scrapers are all sold out.

Offline bdixon

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 250
  • F & AM #376.
Re: My first attempt
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2010, 05:15:02 PM »
I do like it a lot, and I "cooked my AF with and old tram-way rail spike from the early 1800s from a nearby iron ore mine site that fed Greenwood Furnace iron works in the early to mid 1800's.  It did take a thick, muddy appearance in the jar.  Is that normal?  I strained it several times but it was almost orange.  Normal?????
Logged

Offline Curtis

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2338
  • Missouri
Re: My first attempt
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2010, 06:51:26 PM »
Wow, that really pops!  How about a few more photos of the rest of it?
Logged
Curtis Allinson
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sometimes, late at night when I am alone in the inner sanctum of my workshop and no one else can see, I sand things using only my fingers for backing

Offline bdixon

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 250
  • F & AM #376.
Re: My first attempt
« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2010, 11:06:57 PM »
I will work my way up the stock when i figure out my camera.  Dont know how to get the whole thing in the frame?????
Logged

Offline Elnathan

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1773
Re: My first attempt
« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2010, 11:33:11 PM »
Quote from: bdixon66 on May 04, 2010, 05:15:02 PM
  It did take a thick, muddy appearance in the jar.  Is that normal?  I strained it several times but it was almost orange.  Normal?????

With results like that, who cares if it is normal?  ;)
Logged
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition -  Rudyard Kipling

flintman-tx

  • Guest
Re: My first attempt
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2010, 01:42:59 AM »
Outstanding color. A job well done!!
Logged

Offline bdixon

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 250
  • F & AM #376.
Re: My first attempt
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2010, 03:05:30 PM »
Thanks Folks, I will be ready for Pa flintlock season and it should be fun to hunt with this rifle.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »