Creating a slurry
The stock and forearm on the CO are in need of quite a bit of raising and filling. It’s clearly been used a bit but underneath all of this battering is a nicely figured bit of wood. The first step was to give it a good sanding with 320 grit wet and dry. I do this dry to create a dry dust over the complete stock and forearm. This is of course after the steaming and raising of dents (of which there was much work!).
With the stock dry sanded it’s time to add a bit of the Napier gunstock oil and then again over it with 320 to create a reasonably thick slurry. Work this into the smaller scratches and dents and across the whole stock. Work at it hard it needs to be filling all of those pores. You can see with this done that it darkens the woodwork when it’s covered all over and the figure is starting to come through. I think this is going to come out very very nicely in the end.
Tony, I’ve followed your restoration work with interest, congratulations on the Harrison & Hussey it came up lovely. I have a Lang & Hussey also bought from Matt, maybe a project for this summer.
Hi chris, thanks!
Ah..interesting to hear more about your Lang and Hussey are you in Oxfordshire? Are you planning to restore it yourself?
Cheers
T
Yes I’m in West Oxfordshire Tony. Not sure if I will have time to do all the restoration on the Lang & Hussey myself but it’s not in too bad a nick for a gun made in 1898! She’s a 28″ barrelled sidelock with plain bright sidelocks just border engraved much like your Harrison & Hussey, they must have looked great new when they were colour case hardened. Mine will be out on a day on the 16th.
ATB
Chris
Sounds great! Love to see it. Have a super day with it.
T
Hi Tony
Fascinated by your work. Just aquired a Cha. Osborne 20 gauge bar in wood hammer damascus in really good shape with immaculate bores. Stock is gorgeous and also in process of refinish with self mixed Purdey oil – 50/50 boiled linseed and terebene hardners with a dash of liquid beeswax. Also finishing a 410 WW Jeffery like the 20ga you worked on.
Keep it up and greetings from South Africa