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lugerholsterrepair · 05-26-2021, 10:14 PM

Gerald, This query is not an attempt to compete with the restoration crowd. I don't think you have to worry about that! In the last 6 months I have had many a collector ask me about the restoration crowd and apparently it's shrinking down to nothing. If I am not mistaken Ted Green started his business re strawing. Then moved in to rust bluing.

I would have an outside source do the bluing. Yeah? Finding someone to do that would be a first priority cause it gonna be hard to find.

The only way to discover interest is to offer the service. You run out of drums to work on?

sheepherder · 05-27-2021, 09:30 AM

Seriously, Gerry, I think you should get into bluing yourself. Back when I was into the Retro Black Rifle craze, I started Parkerizing. Basically just because I was shortening and turning down barrels, but there were also other parts that needed it (making XM605 buttplates from scratch, fr'instance).

It wasn't that difficult. I don't expect bluing to be much different.

05-26-2021, 10:14 PM	#1
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Gerald, This query is not an attempt to compete with the restoration crowd. I don't think you have to worry about that! In the last 6 months I have had many a collector ask me about the restoration crowd and apparently it's shrinking down to nothing. If I am not mistaken Ted Green started his business re strawing. Then moved in to rust bluing. I would have an outside source do the bluing. Yeah? Finding someone to do that would be a first priority cause it gonna be hard to find. The only way to discover interest is to offer the service. You run out of drums to work on? __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

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sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	Seriously, Gerry, I think you should get into bluing yourself. Back when I was into the Retro Black Rifle craze, I started Parkerizing. Basically just because I was shortening and turning down barrels, but there were also other parts that needed it (making XM605 buttplates from scratch, fr'instance). It wasn't that difficult. I don't expect bluing to be much different. __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

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