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I am thinking about re-doing a receiver that Ken Hurst did for me several years ago, partially scroll and partially Bulino--wonderful job. Subject(s) are my dog (which had just died) and a Gambels quail.
I sent it out to be hot blued (at Ken's suggestion) which worked fine but with the BLUED receiver, the excellent engraving is too hard to see. I am concerned the Bulino might come out too thin and would partially disappear. I think the scroll would stand up to a light strip and polish. Thank you.
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I think the lighter color does some good Krieghoff San Remo grade that is lightened Mike
Last edited by skeettx; 06/21/15 09:59 PM.
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Being hot blued it should work fine. Rust bluing can and will pit the metal and sometimes (often) bulino detail is lost during the carding off and pitting process. I have "grayed" a number of such scenes (and scroll) using naval jelly to remove the hot dip blue and cleaning with a non abrasive eraser. I usually coat around the area I want to strip with fingernail polish to keep the naval jelly off the areas I want to keep bluing on and after applying the jelly rinse with hot tap water. Sometimes a second or third coating of the jelly will help get the metal looking good.
For protection after I remove the fingernail polish with acetone I coat the area with Renaissance wax with a tiny bit of lamp black added. This really brings out the engraving.
Yes, we are talking bare metal here and the wax is a good protection for it and can easily be reapplied from time to time.
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Though I don't know if he used naval jelly, Ray Cover did something like what Sam describes on my M-21, with selective removal of hot blue from the bulino images he engraved before bluing. We decided to keep the blued finish on other areas of the frame with scroll engraving. (My pics are pretty poor, don't do justice to Ray's work.) Jay
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I love seeing that 21 every time you put it up, Jay. Very classy and tasteful engraving done by a master. JR
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I love seeing that 21 every time you put it up, Jay. Very classy and tasteful engraving done by a master. JR Thanks John. I had no idea something like this could be done until Ray suggested it.
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You folks might really enjoy Roger Bleile's new book American Engravers III published by Blue Book (bluebookofgunvalues.com). There are examples of grayed scenes as well as a multitude of fine art work.
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Jay, You have to stop putting up pics of that 21 without letting me see it in person. Do you have it back yet? Regards, Jeff
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Very nice! A work of art.
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Jay, You have to stop putting up pics of that 21 without letting me see it in person. Do you have it back yet? Regards, Jeff Well, it was kinda on topic, ya know? Should have the barrels back from Bachelder's later this summer Jeff.
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