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I just went to my first NMLRA Spring Shoot. I was looking forward to time on the primitive range. Out of a few dozen people there on the "primitive" range, my friend and I were the ONLY ones shooting from the bag. Every single other person was loading from the bench, and using range rods. Half...

As a wood worker, I've seen that both terms are commonly used by professionals.

LOL Tertiary also means third in order or level

I prefer much lighter aqua fortis colors. If you apply aqua fortis very sparingly (barely damp rag), you can get a lighter honey color.

A flintlock as secondary ML? I thought a flintlock is primary, secondary, and tertiary.

Only at primitive events. Flue dried Virginia yellow leaf.

Yeah Vinagroon can be unreliable and strange. The recipe for the iron sulfate dye above is 1,000 years old and it produces a deep black on veg-tan.

I get a gun-metal blue with vinagroon unless I soak the leather overnight. I use veg-tan leather, what did you use?

Any degreased steel should work. I've used steel wool, but now my primary source of iron is the metal flake that accumulates around my anvil. Want something more potent than vinagroon? Get some iron sulfate powder (or ground melanterite), vinegar, and ground oak galls (or any other high tannin...

That does look great!

I am one of the world's foremost experts on ancient natural leather dyes. And I disagree with you. I have reproduced hundreds of ancient leather dyes from recipes dating back over 2,000 years. There are better leather dyes for black than vinagroon, that don't require soaking, but they all use...

I am one of the world's foremost experts on ancient natural leather dyes. I disagree with you.

I am afraid that will be the case for me too.

I've always wanted to learn flint knapping!

Your solution is not ready yet. Try soaking the leather overnight. Even a weak vinagroon will react with leather if the leather is soaked long enough. Typically leather has to be soaked in vinagroon overnight to develop a full black color. Painting the solution onto leather gives you a brown or...

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You've got vinagroon that rusted. It's perfect. It doesn't dye very well until it reaches that rusty stage. Your vinagroon will turn black as you use it. Use it over and over again. Press on. I neutralize my leather with dilute baking soda. A good water rinse is also okay.

For those of you who aren't familiar with the layout of West Virginia....

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You going to the NMLRA Spring Shoot next week in Friendship? I'll take it off your hands there.