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Originally posted by George Anderson
Excellent work Joe. I would love to have a Luger case made to the same standards. Problem is deciding which one. Such a case for a commercial artillery would be grand.
As a former counterfeiter of eighteenth century American furniture, I have a couple of thoughts you may want to ponder. If using black walnut, as you did, a light prefinish treatment with muric acid will add perhaps a hundred years of patina to the walnut. A great alternative wood is black cherry which begins to darken almost as soon as it's finished and develops an exquisite rich patina in as little as 5-8 years.
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Thanks for your input, just learned something new.
I will try that method for sure. My goal here is not to make fakes, just quality boxes.
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As far as power tools, the machine (steam driven) driven band saw was introduced into American furniture manufacture in 1840.
Really great work.
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I certainly would not go to that extent in my effort to be as close as possible to authentic method of manufacturing. But thanks for sharing it with me, much appreciated.
You guys are great bunch.