Finishing a Woodsrunner rifle

[Jim Kibler]

Here is another video in the series of assembling and finishing one of our Woodsrunner kits.  Any questions, just ask!

[NRFord]

Thanks Jim! very timely, was struggling with the Permalyn on the Colonial. Using fingers was proving to be a challenge this go around. Switched to cloth application and worked much better...

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Jim, I'd like to see a video on how you use tannic acid to amplify the curl.

[Scota4570]

These videos are great.  One thought I had....

I use a little bronze suede brush to get the fuzzies out of carving and checkering.  It slightly burnishes the wood without cutting anything. 

[Steeltrap]

Have you ever used bone char on a woodsrunner? 

[MuskratMike]

Great video. Thanks Jim and your crew fir producing it.

[Daryl]

Very good. Thanks Jim.

[Bulldawg]

Jim, I'd like to see a video on how you use tannic acid to amplify the curl.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

Jim:  thanks for that demo on using tannic acid in conjunction with Ferric Nitrate.
I have done a couple of stocks with these chemicals, and I find the process tedious but the results are worth the effort.  My experience with tannic acid followed by Ferric Nitrate, is a chemical reaction that turns the stock as dark as charcoal.  And the stain is very deep in the wood, requiring nothing short of sandpaper to get down to the warm maple tones, and with carving in the wood, that requires a careful touch.
But if one is looking for maximum amplification of the curl, I know of no better way to achieve it.  Here are two rifles I used this process on...I invite critique from anyone who cares to discuss it.

Sorry:  the web server won't let me post pictures at this time...will follow up a little later hoping for a more favourable result.

[Jim Kibler]

That's a beautiful rifle, Taylor!  As far as the tannic acid goes, I've often had it go pretty black too.  I guess it's a bit variable depending on the wood.  In these cases, it does take quite a bit of effort working it back.  Here is the first time I used it.  I think this was what started the recent interest.

https://www.jimkibler.net/blog/previous/5

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

the combination of the tannic acid and the Ferric Nitrate was used to its best advantage on that gun Jim.  Flamboyant and loud curl/burl benefited in a huge way.  Thanks for posting this.

[Daryl]

WOW!!!  That looks like something out of Europe in the 18th century, however a wee bit darker, perhaps.
Many guns in the 19th century were darker, like this.

[wibper]

....like this...

don't think I've ever seen such a unique and awesome stock as what you picced