[Ron Smith]

Howard,

Must be a lot more blue worn guns there than here. I'm going to start doing rust bluing as soon as my shop is complete. Don't need the hazards of salt bluing , but will probably do some now and then. I have all of Ron's salt bluing equipment.

He died of lung and liver cancer, suspected to be caused by inhaling the salts for all of those years. I have seen him come out of his shop with salt crystals hanging from his eyebrows and his glasses coated like frost.