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    Frizzen sole material

    Wootz steel is a crucible steel also. Huntsman merely re-invented crucible steel, I have read that some credit the Chinese as being first at making it before Indians, as many with other discoveries. What matters is the amount of carbon and how well it is dispersed and heat treated. The Indian...
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    Shenandoah Valley Key Basket

    Excellent!! She had a very good teacher.
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    Shenandoah Valley Key Basket

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    Vinagroon Got Nasty

    Your solution is not strong enough, or not aged enough. I kept mine going for 0ver 6/8 years by adding to it any time it got low. Turned vege tan black in under a minute, and blacker with repeated coats letting the leather absorb for a few minutes or so between coats. I never soak. I just apply...
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    Brass w/steel Hawk finished

    I have never seen an original with the steel bit attached like that. Could you post a pic of one, or tell me where to find one?
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    Vinagroon Got Nasty

    Thankyou sir.
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    Vinagroon Got Nasty

    Gee, what a shame, I wish I had known I was doing vinegaroon all wrong 20 years ago, but then I'm not a world class expert on how to use it.
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    Vinagroon Got Nasty

    Depends on what you like. Some like it, some don't. If you want an early classic reddish tone for a maple stock, I don't think you'll like it.
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    Vinagroon Got Nasty

    NO!, not typically! A GOOD solution will BLACKEN, not brown or blue, quickly and very well without soaking the leather overnight. 5 or 6 coatings should usually do it. You can do more if you wish. It only needs to be absorbed well between coats and not necessarily dried. If you get a spot that...
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    A vintage Sheffield knife - flea market find I hope to “restore”

    Correct. I was in a hurry. Thanks.
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    Vinagroon Got Nasty

    I was told by Chuck Burrows, (WILD ROSE TRADING COMPANY), via a phone conversation, that vege tanned leather had a PH reading so close to neutral that further neutralizing was really not necessary and I could simply let it air out for a few days until the smell was gone. After doing so and...
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    A vintage Sheffield knife - flea market find I hope to “restore”

    That V crown R, is Victoria Rex, Queen of England, if that helps.
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    Vinagroon Got Nasty

    In my experience, I just let it dry thoroughly with no vinegar smell left, then oil. Wax may be just as good as oil, I never tried it. I've had very little luck using steel wool, even after dunking in acetone. My best batches are from old barbed wire and bits and pieces from my saw
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    Barrels that are not 12L14 steel

    The thinner you go, the more harmonics come in to play with accuracy.
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    Barrels that are not 12L14 steel

    Ed Rayl, if he is still making them. Rayl uses 8620, last I heard
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    Homespun riflemen’s knife

    A very nice knife Mr. Wyatt! Very nice. Most all period style knifemakers, including myself, make/made and offer/offered "rifleman's knives", from crude or simple, to fancy and or decorated. Just bear in mind, in reality, that the designated rifleman's knife is pure fantasy, as are designated...
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    Can powder brand be responsible for this much difference?

    Anything that gets changed can and most often will change POI. That goes for all guns. Especially out at 100 yrds.
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    can I flame blue lock?

    You just had a brain fart. Some of mine are legendary.
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    can I flame blue lock?

    NO, you do not have to go to red heat to change the hardness. Any heat much above about 325 F is going to change full hardness. With most properly hardened frizzens, a temper above 425 is going to make it softer than ideal.
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    can I flame blue lock?

    You "might" do it in a HT oven which would give you even heat but I would stress "might". Any finger prints or even gases from left over debris could make it splotchy. It would not likely hold up anyway for long term.
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