flintlock and colour case hardening

[spartan]

hears a few pics of a lock i have just made for a kentucky rifle, and a old colt pistol i have colour case hardened, if anyone wants to take a look

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...g?t=1268674222

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...g?t=1268674580

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/h...g?t=1268674636

[SPILY]

You have done an excellent job there ma man, very impressive.

[spartan]

many thanks for that

[dave blakemore]

Amazing what you get out of a Christmas Cracker these days........ LOL

Dave

Ps My " Magic Falcon " would look good with some of that colour case hardening Hint, Hint..... Shaun

[spartan]

Amazing what you get out of a Christmas Cracker these days........ LOL

Dave

Ps My " Magic Falcon " would look good with some of that colour case hardening Hint, Hint..... Shaun

dave with all that brass, and the length of your falcon, put some case hardened bits on it and it will look like a kentucky

[robkayak]

A work of beauty, well done. Now lets see how it shoots

[Jim McArthur]

Beautiful work, Spartan!

Jim

[MikB]

Outstanding work. The colour hardening on my Pietta/Brocock Navy Colt looks grey by comparison. There's a little still left on my Snider lock, but it's dulled with age now.

Good to see someone's still doing it. Like the knapping on the Pennsylvania rifle flint.

Regards,
MikB

[majex45]

Lovely work Spartan, can you explain how you do the colour hardening? In my books you need to use leather scraps and fireclay.

[spartan]

Lovely work Spartan, can you explain how you do the colour hardening? In my books you need to use leather scraps and fireclay.

you can use charred leather scraps, but i use wood charcoal, and charred bonemeal, pack the parts in the charcoal, seal the lid with fireclay and put in the forge for a few hours, and hope for the best,

[njaw]

Beautiful work. Thanks for posting the pics.

[majex45]

Thanks for the info, have you ever tried rust blueing? Rusting and carding over & over?

you can use charred leather scraps, but i use wood charcoal, and charred bonemeal, pack the parts in the charcoal, seal the lid with fireclay and put in the forge for a few hours, and hope for the best,

[spartan]

Thanks for the info, have you ever tried rust blueing? Rusting and carding over & over?

yes, used to do rust bluing on shotgun barrels, and antique guns, i stopped doing them as some off the chemicals i was using where to say the least toxic