I am working on a William Evans 16 bore double that I have. I bent the stock successfully last weekend (thanks to many suggestions here and elsewhere).

Now I have a hammer to finish fixing. The original hammer broke and was artfully welded back together by a welder that Jim Westberg uses out of MSP. Anyway, I filed down the small bead and the hammer looks very good, though bright. I can rust blue it but then it will look too much like a brand new hammer and will not match the left side, nor the patina on the rest of the gun which is worn as a 130 yr old gun should be, but not abused or pitted.

Something that is sort of plumb/blue and thinning might be about right. I suppose I should break down and do both hammers so they match better too.

Any suggestions on this?

Brent

Last edited by BrentD; 12/05/06 06:29 PM.
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