A fine looking piece. I hope it shoots as well as it looks? What is the stock made from? I make knives and I usually use walnut for the scales. I like maple also.
yes it is...plenty written during the period as early as late 1600's. Most were left in the white, browning came later for royal arms. Private/civilian blueing was not as frequent, but there...Browning became more common as it is easier..
Where do you get that Blue chemical? Please help I took on a project for my grandfather, but the Birch wood and Casey cold blue isn't working the way I wanted it to.
+Joseph “Big Joe” Shaffer Hello, I use Phillips cold gun blue. You can get it on ebay or Amazon. If you ask your local firearms dealership they may be able to order it in for you :) hope that helps. All the best. SF
+Chuck Patton Hello, its just standard half round gutter pipe. the end caps are snap fit so I have a few lengths cut to different sizes depending on the length of barrel Im blueing.
hey I noticed the medieval helmet you had at your table behind you at the 2:41 mark. is it one that you have made your self and can you make a video about how to dish and or raise metal for armor making? nice vids keep them coming:)
+minihak Hello, well spotted, thats not one I made, although I have made Helmets in the past, its a lot of work! Theres a very good tutorial By Eric Thing on anvilfire.com I may do a video of raising a helmet one day, but I have way too many projects to do first. :)
Yes. There were several blueing processes available. Both hot blueing and chemical blueing. I have some 17th century gun blue recipes that today would be considered somewhat risky to use.
Oh they had chemicals. Most of which would gradually kill the person using them. However, most bluing was done with heat. Take the barrel up to a light straw colour and let the blue develop as it comes away from the heat. Then oil the heck out of it.
Swallow Forge I see ,thanks for the reply, I thought about the heat blue method but I want to blue the barrels on a homemade double shotgun that I am in the process of constructing and they are soldered together with silver solder and I am afraid the heat will melt the solder and they will fall apart. If you could give me an idea how I can do it perhaps some homemade recipe for a blueing solution? Also I am struggling with figuring out how to make the lockwork I want to go with a hammer lock but I can't seem to find info on it anywhere, dimensions for example? Thanks in advance!
I have a couple of muskets I have browned, 1 using ferric chloride washes and air drying in between. The other was browned over many years of use and the barrel had turned a beautiful walnut colour. Unfortunately I lent it to a friend, who thought he was doing me a kindness by scotch briting it back to bare metal. 😬
This would look so much better with a match lock. The flintlock you chose doesnt really look good with the gun, especially since the lockplate is shaped in a way that would require the stock to follow its shape, in that case curve down. But in this gun it doesnt. And a step between the part of the stock that is below the barrel and the part that is around the lock would make it look more elegant. The gradual increase in thickness makes it look somewhat boring and bulky. But still great work and i wish i had the skill that you do.
+Thrifikionor The gun is a Copy of a museum piece that was a general issue flintlock pattern from around 1645. It is held at the Tower Armouries London. It's not one I built, this was just a refurb for a customer. It was Made by Yorkshire Historic Arms, and it is built to a very high standard of historical accuracy.
I am impressed. That is the nicest cold bluing result I have ever seen. Thanks for taking the time to teach us!
+SugarcreekForge
Thank you for the compliment. Its a method I developed a few years ago and I seem to get consistent results.
I've watched several videos on bluing and I like the way you do it! Thanks
I'll never do this but it's still satisfying to watch.
+Koriko Alistar Same here.
+Dosbomber I am really glad you enjoyed it.
That was a top job. You made it look easy. Thanks for sharing.
Great job sir I love your quiet videos. I chatter through mine.
Worming up the metal about to be blued is highly recommended. It produces a much deeper and more consistent finish.
Thats why I am rinsing and Bluing with boiling hot water.
that is a beautiful piece!
+SjKimber Thank you
A fine looking piece. I hope it shoots as well as it looks?
What is the stock made from? I make knives and I usually use walnut for the scales. I like maple also.
As a reenactor myself, is blueing historically accurate?
yes it is...plenty written during the period as early as late 1600's. Most were left in the white, browning came later for royal arms. Private/civilian blueing was not as frequent, but there...Browning became more common as it is easier..
Where do you get that Blue chemical? Please help I took on a project for my grandfather, but the Birch wood and Casey cold blue isn't working the way I wanted it to.
+Joseph “Big Joe” Shaffer
Hello, I use Phillips cold gun blue. You can get it on ebay or Amazon. If you ask your local firearms dealership they may be able to order it in for you :) hope that helps. All the best. SF
It`s very nice !!!! How did you made a muscket like this one? And how work a tigger system ?
Very nice! Are you using rain gutter material or PVC pipe, cut in half lengthwise. I've not seen those type of end caps before.
+Chuck Patton Hello, its just standard half round gutter pipe. the end caps are snap fit so I have a few lengths cut to different sizes depending on the length of barrel Im blueing.
Beautiful
it's very satisfying to watch it, but i don't even know why should i blue my gun's barrel :/ any help?
Nice! I just want to ask, inside of barrel is never in any gun blued? Is it conservated just with a gunoil?
Oiled when in regular use, but if it is going for long term storage then it is greased. Inside and out.
@@SwallowForge Thanks!
Fascinating
hey
I noticed the medieval helmet you had at your table behind you at the 2:41 mark. is it one that you have made your self and can you make a video about how to dish and or raise metal for armor making?
nice vids keep them coming:)
+minihak Hello, well spotted, thats not one I made, although I have made Helmets in the past, its a lot of work!
Theres a very good tutorial By Eric Thing on anvilfire.com I may do a video of raising a helmet one day, but I have way too many projects to do first. :)
Can you do a video on how to make the barrel
Nice results, but I prefer to brown my barrels.
were these guns blued back in the 16. and 17. century?
Yes. There were several blueing processes available. Both hot blueing and chemical blueing. I have some 17th century gun blue recipes that today would be considered somewhat risky to use.
Swallow Forge
hmm, thank you, thats pretty interesting
How did they do this in the past when there where no chemicals to blue the barrel?
Oh they had chemicals. Most of which would gradually kill the person using them. However, most bluing was done with heat. Take the barrel up to a light straw colour and let the blue develop as it comes away from the heat. Then oil the heck out of it.
Swallow Forge I see ,thanks for the reply, I thought about the heat blue method but I want to blue the barrels on a homemade double shotgun that I am in the process of constructing and they are soldered together with silver solder and I am afraid the heat will melt the solder and they will fall apart. If you could give me an idea how I can do it perhaps some homemade recipe for a blueing solution? Also I am struggling with figuring out how to make the lockwork I want to go with a hammer lock but I can't seem to find info on it anywhere, dimensions for example?
Thanks in advance!
What kind of blueing solution did u use??
+craftsman89 d
I use Phillips professional Gun Blue. I find i get consistent results with it.
What brand cold blue did you use
I use Phillips professional gun barrel blue. :)
Swallow Forge thank you
Nice job, but I would rust blue it, but that's just me.
I have a couple of muskets I have browned, 1 using ferric chloride washes and air drying in between. The other was browned over many years of use and the barrel had turned a beautiful walnut colour. Unfortunately I lent it to a friend, who thought he was doing me a kindness by scotch briting it back to bare metal. 😬
This would look so much better with a match lock. The flintlock you chose doesnt really look good with the gun, especially since the lockplate is shaped in a way that would require the stock to follow its shape, in that case curve down. But in this gun it doesnt. And a step between the part of the stock that is below the barrel and the part that is around the lock would make it look more elegant. The gradual increase in thickness makes it look somewhat boring and bulky. But still great work and i wish i had the skill that you do.
+Thrifikionor
The gun is a Copy of a museum piece that was a general issue flintlock pattern from around 1645. It is held at the Tower Armouries London. It's not one I built, this was just a refurb for a customer. It was Made by Yorkshire Historic Arms, and it is built to a very high standard of historical accuracy.
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