The Lever Aficionados Thread

[JohnDuxbury]

Well done. I have aged brass overnight (or a couple of days) by mixing little bit of water with black powder and then rubbing that on the brass. Will age it perfectly.

[Wingman]

Well done. I have aged brass overnight (or a couple of days) by mixing little bit of water with black powder and then rubbing that on the brass. Will age it perfectly.

Nice I'll have to give that a go sometime too.
I use a method of warming the brass with a butane torch and painting on a mix of 50%salt 50% white vinegar then leave to cool.. wash in hot soapy water and repeat until you get the required patina.
The wood was stripped of all its horrible orange varnish and aged with used diesel oil then the usual linseed ol build coats.
I added a saddle ring too because.... saddle ring
.45 colt black powder cowboy loads are super fun.