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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd June 2011, 06:43 AM
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Posted By dooly
Will do .. thanks

Will do .. thanks
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st June 2011, 05:38 PM
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Posted By dooly
Hi Jim .. just a note on the arrow heads and...

Hi Jim .. just a note on the arrow heads and tools i find .. hear in Northumberland .. all my finds are handed over to the finds leasion officer at the Hancock museum in Newcastle who records the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st May 2011, 07:51 PM
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Posted By dooly
Hear you go .. a couple of shots of the hand...

Hear you go .. a couple of shots of the hand bluing .. I think another 4 or so coats and it will be ready to buff it up

the second is of one of the flints i have found field walking ..

all...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st May 2011, 06:58 PM
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Posted By dooly
Brilliant just brilliant thanks for the hard...

Brilliant just brilliant thanks for the hard work you have put in what great information .. and is showing what a history and sites this gun must of seen .. the information re the stock is just the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st May 2011, 06:32 PM
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Posted By dooly
Yes the rainbow .. was an optional extra i liked...

Yes the rainbow .. was an optional extra i liked .. it came about when i was heating the springs for re-fitting .. you do get a few which were colored at this period but usually top end guns .. the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2011, 11:14 PM
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Posted By dooly
thanks for the link i can see what you mean .. i...

thanks for the link i can see what you mean .. i was thinking it was Scriptures or something simmiler..
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2011, 11:12 PM
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Posted By dooly
hi thanks for the response .. The script is very...

hi thanks for the response .. The script is very similer to "ottoman" coins i have in my collection .. but they have been no help to me..
Rust and blue removing solution then heat and plum brown...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2011, 11:04 PM
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Posted By dooly
Thanks . not 100% on the wood as i dont think it...

Thanks . not 100% on the wood as i dont think it was the original stock .. seemed to be a type of hardwood. it may have been made form an old English stock as it is simmiler grain to one of my 1870s...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2011, 06:57 PM
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Posted By dooly
Well all done bar the barrel .. looks like the...

Well all done bar the barrel .. looks like the lettering was silvered or something .. will think about what to do with it ..

all barricaded now just let the oil soak in and next the stock .....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2011, 03:11 PM
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Posted By dooly
Now stripped and initial dip done

Now stripped and initial dip done
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2011, 01:33 PM
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Posted By dooly
Hi .. I do restore my guns .. but i try to be...

Hi .. I do restore my guns .. but i try to be sensitive And the wood work on this one could not be saved .. almost fell to bits in my hands.

I have attached a couple of pictures of a early hammer...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2011, 01:14 PM
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Posted By dooly
More "yuck" photos

More "yuck" photos
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2011, 01:06 PM
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Posted By dooly
Whoops sorry .. had to be done when i saw the...

Whoops sorry .. had to be done when i saw the state of it inside ..

check out the state of the wood when i opened her up
:confused:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2011, 01:03 PM
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Posted By dooly
Thanks for the warm welcome i have attached...

Thanks for the warm welcome

i have attached pictures of the text .. hope you can help

:)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th May 2011, 11:06 AM
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Posted By dooly
Finally worth getting up at 5am Flintlock pistol

Hi all .. new to this form .. I collect and restore old English shotguns and collect old bottles and pottery .. so i set off on my usual run round the car boot sales and the last thing on my mind as...
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