let us awl remember dat re case coloring is not the same as re case hardening, which may, or may not result in re case coloring as a by product of the re case hardening process...
An awl is a sharp tool, similar to the the one that was used during your lobotomy Ed.
Case coloring is another term for case hardening where the hard surface also has a distinctive coloration. The word case describes the thin carburized skin where carbon content is increased to provide a very hard and wear resistant surface while maintaining a tough lower carbon core. It is typically only a few thousandths of an inch deep, but case depths of up to .3" are possible, though not utilized for gun parts.
This is far different than your ghastly psychedelic acetylene torch colors which you used to fool uneducated gun buyers. All those are is localized overheating of the steel to produce short lived tempering colors which have very little durability, and zero visual appeal to anybody but a complete idiot... which explains your affinity for them.
Your torch colors also in no way appeared similar to original bone charcoal case or cyanide case colors as applied by gun makers, despite your sales pitches describing them as such. I still recall the ugly Parker with obvious torch bullseyes that you claimed was likely done by DelGrego. You would make a good used car salesman. In my opinion, you were being intentionally deceptive. But in all fairness, your dishonesty and disgusting torch colors aren't nearly as bad as your frequent anti-gun trolling.
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