German Apprentice Project Thread

[Sparkitoff]

My teenager from German has taken an interest in shooting, and in particular he fell in love with woodcock hunting. We spent the whole season on doves, partridges, quail, pheasant, ducks and woodcock with black powder shotguns. He expressed interest in putting a gun together. We talked about this and reviewed many examples. BigSkyRambler made it happen by sending a pistol kit. I'm going to go over the basics and kind of supervise, but I am giving artistic license to the boy. Today we went over basic draw filing of metal, polishing and wood sanding and sculpting. The project as begun. Upon completion we will be sending it back to BigSkyRambler. At the moment we don't know the legalities of taking this to Germany.

 

[Sparkitoff]

Today we messed around with a slaucum formula. Blood, bitterroot and charcoaled oil. We’re getting towards the color he has in mind. Also worked on some aging of wood for a vintage appearance.

 

[Sparkitoff]

Barrel is defarbed and shines like a mirror.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Very nice. I have also used blood to stain my wood as well.
Though not intentionally, mind you.

 

[oldwood]

Though I've stained maple with my blood , wasn't too impressed with the shade. I keep some bandaids and iodine in my tool chest , in case the wounds are too deep. Just will try to get it right. Worst attempt at blood staining , was when I ground half the top of my pointer finger joint smooth with a 26,000 rpm die grinder , and a rasp bit. Never let go of a die grinder , always have two hands on it. Top of the finger joint vanished. That adventure was good for a week of bandaids and disinfectant. It's all good.

 

[Sparkitoff]

Initial browning of barrel…

 

[BigSkyRambler]

I should have been looking for this thread. Nice job so far.

 

[Sparkitoff]

Today he spent a whole day in it and it is coming together nicely.

 

[Sparkitoff]

This is now complete. My German exchange student copied an original gun as best as he could. The barrel brown is deep, even and looks excellent. The wood finish was his own concoction from old recipes that included charcoal pumice in oil, real blood and BLO. He used a straw to blow the mixture around the wood randomly and left it for varying amounts of time to get a worn look. Hard wax coating buffed in. Fit of parts is excellent. It remains unfired.

 

[The Miner '49er]

Sparkitoff and BigSkyRambler, you guys earned attaboys with oakleaf clusters. This will be an experience your student will always remember. Viel Gluck!

 

[WALT53]

This is now complete. My German exchange student copied an original gun as best as he could. The barrel brown is deep, even and looks excellent. The wood finish was his own concoction from old recipes that included charcoal pumice in oil, real blood and BLO. He used a straw to blow the mixture around the wood randomly and left it for varying amounts of time to get a worn look. Hard wax coating buffed in. Fit of parts is excellent. It remains unfired.

The only problem I can see is why is it unfixed geez go a shoot it please .