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Steve

Thanks for your comments.
I have a nice solution of boiled linseed oil with Alkanet Root that I have been fiddling with at the shop. Mr Wiebe was my source for this batch of Alkanet Root, from a few years ago. Only recently have I finally set it up as a stock oil. I see what you mean about using it right away. It looked pretty luscious the first day - it's been together for weeks now. I've been treating a slice of an old buttstock from the scrap basket. A little dab each day, rubbed into the surface then later wiped down etc.
This past week I've gone to wet sanding a wee bit with the oil and 400 wet/dry sandpaper.
It's looking quite nice.

In a week or so I'll start on finishing a rifle stock for myself with this potion.

The slackum oil, with the caranuba wax - the recipe calls for a small bit of Venice Turpentine. I looked it up on the web and learned it is a hoof treatment, having antiseptic qualities. Interesting.
Have you used anything similar to this slackum recipe with the caranuba wax?


Again I appreciate your comments
Cheers

My latest acquisition:



I believe alkanet root was involved here.

That's pretty, Lloyd. Good lines. I really like iron mounted rifles. Didn't it arrive ahead of schedule?

They may have used alkanet root, but that's not a traditional stain used on American m/ls. It looks a lot like Homer Dangler's stain to me. Photos are hard to go by tho'.

More pics soon?

SRH

Neat rifle Lloyd!

Lefty flinter too.
Shot it yet?

The rifle arrived in Colorado after I'd left for Minnesota so I've neither seen it nor shot it, sadly. The way the weather is going up here, it's my loss. The photography is what was sent to me before it was shipped. I ordered it last January and sold a number of items (fly rods, reels, pistols, etc.) to finance it so...I'm hoping it was worth it.



I'm hoping for long (14 1/2 LOP, 42 inch barrel), light (#1 profile in .45) and lovely.

Hi John,
I tried slackum oil with caranuba and Venice terp. I must have not done something right with it. It end up a waxy, oily concoction that smelled great but never really dried. I need to try again. I still have most of the ingredients. My Venice terp went bad. Really interesting stuff.



Nice looking rifle Lloyd. Enjoy it in good health!