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Shawn,

I worked as a stockmaker for Doug so I was never taught any specifics as to the metal finishing processes (nor would I divulge any trade secrets of Doug's)! But I can tell you with total confidence that charcoal bluing was (and I'm sure still is) done in the traditional process using charcoal and oven. Nitre bluing was of course also offered but was reserved for smaller parts and the blue was generally the lower heat bright blues most associate with nitre.

Best, Dan