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    Advertised case hardening on BP revolvers

    WRONG! 17 minutes ago Add bookmark #106 Metallic bond contradicts the very idea of molecules (it is hard to form covalent bonds when you are immersed in a sea of electrons). Gallium with its "almost molecules" is likely the best we can get. Also, you might want to think of large metal...
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    Advertised case hardening on BP revolvers

    Metallic bond contradicts the very idea of molecules (it is hard to form covalent bonds when you are immersed in a sea of electrons). Gallium with its "almost molecules" is likely the best we can get. Also, you might want to think of large metal clusters. And then there is steel (which contains...
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    Lack of cylinder safety pins

    S&W revolvers have an internal hammer block which is the rebound trigger slide and makes the transfer hammer bar redundant and unnecessary. Iver Johnson may be the first using the hammer block safety. When the Iver Johnson system was first marketed it was advertised as a safety feature called...
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    Lack of cylinder safety pins

    first click of the hammer, but the only real safety is an empty chamber under the hammer.
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    Lack of cylinder safety pins

    When you happen to drop one as I did once!!! Picked a SA Colt up by the holster and did not notice the hammer wasn't secured and it slid out. The guns hammer was in that faux safe position over a loaded chamber. Being as how nothing broke and it landed butt first, the jar of hitting the hard...
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    Old Knife Opinions

    The rivets place it as post 1870's, 80's. It appears to have a tapered tang so I would guess at late 19th c., early 20th c. Hard to pin point in it's condition.
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    Advertised case hardening on BP revolvers

    Both molecules and crystals are matter, but crystals are a solid substance having a natural geometrically regular form with symmetrically arranged plane faces, whereas a molecule is formed from a group of atoms bonded together.
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    Advertised case hardening on BP revolvers

    There are no molecules in steel. It is a crystal structure.
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    Advertised case hardening on BP revolvers

    Iron or steel has to be quenched in order to get the case colors. Color casing requires a slightly different process and lower heat than case hardening only for wear although it also hardens. Not all know this, but all locks imported from Europe/England were of case hardened iron by guild rules...
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    If 'lines' in Springs cause them to break ... then WHY do these work?

    I agree. I think that fact is the most significant reason they are of little concern if any at all.
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    Knife Ideas?

    I think the lacing is a replacement as X lacing and stitching may look cool but makes it vulnerable to wear and damage.
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    New antler handled knife

    Vinegaroon was the historical original way of blackening leather. It could dry it some, but so does any other dye method. Apply until evenly and well wetted. If you have a good strong solution, it will turn in minutes. If an area resists wetting, rub the spot gently with 0000 steel wool and...
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    New antler handled knife

    Vinegaroon on leather. Only works on vege/bark tanned though. Very black and doesn't rub off on clothes. White vinegar is best to use because it has more acid. The more the steel/iron used, the better and darker.
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    Spring tempering.

    Never quench in water alone even if the steel is a water quench type. Add 13oz, half a common box of table salt, per gallon to make a brine solution. Brine hardens deeper and faster than just water, is less violent, and yet is much less likely to cause the part to crack or break. Warm the brine...
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    Screws decorated.

    No one can carve or engrave unless they learn to.
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    Knife Ideas?

    Spar varnish, or about any gunstock finish.
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    Knife Ideas?

    Find an old thin bladed butcher or boning knife in a thrift store or wherever and modify, as best you can, to look like the originals. Old Hickory kitchen knives have good steel, but they have telltale grooves in the blade. If you can find one without the grooving you can go from there. The...
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    Pneumatic Gravers

    No offense intended, but you coulda done better than that with hammer & chisel!
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    Knife Ideas?

    An English or French scalper/ butcher.
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    Green River Knife project today

    Me too Bill. Way back. Generally, you won't often find more than 3 small diameter pins on any pre1800 common working knives, no guards on any but daggers, little to no brass in use except for swords. I repeat, in general, there seems to always be a rarity to pop up somewhere.
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