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VIDEO CHAPTERS
0:00 Bone Black Basics
0:45 Where to Apply
1:12 Bone Black Necessary Tools and Workstation
2:08 How to Mix your Bone Black
3:10 Applying Bone Black
11:23 Applying Highlights
12:07 The Final Bone Black Look
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[@hillbilly4christ638]

So, basically black powder that has worked into the finish with time and hand oils. So we speed this up by adding ground carbon to boiled linseed oil. Great idea!

[@furiouseats8734]

I really like your videos . It has really helped me get back into the “sport” after ALL these years . I grew up building kits with my Dad at 13-14 years old . Now 60 and retired , I am building a Kibler Southern Mountain Rifle. Thanks You Very Much !!!!

[@louc3336]

Looks great

[@Bayan1905]

One thing you can do is go to museums where they have original guns from the time period. For instance where I am, Fort Ticonderoga has probably close to a hundred original flintlock guns from the 1740's on up to 1800 and all in original condition, muskets and a few rifles. Places like that and with some really nice digital photos you can get a really good point of reference for wanting to age your gun.

[@robertfriedel924]

Can't wait to see how she looks with all her hardware on . Great job !

[@jasonwilliams7457]

That’s gonna be a beautiful smokepole

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thank you Jason, you can see it shoot later today!

[@throatpunch4789]

BOOM!💥💪🇺🇸

[@jackblackpowderprepper4940]

Outstanding performance Ethan. It looks 200 years old and the texture matches as well. Bravo and I love it. It takes a trained hand to make contemporary american walnut to look like aged curly maple.👏👏👏👍

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy seeing it shoot tonight!

[@Bhartrampf]

Interesting way to age one, thank you.

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@robertrandin9568]

I did something similar to my Hawkins I went ahead and put metal wire around it I learned it from a guy on KZbin and then used the torch and then remove the wire and it turned out pretty good I'll make a video of it and show it and let you know but I love your videos they're very nice very interesting and I've learned a lot from it thank you so much

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thanks for commenting Robert, always good to hear from folks. Sounds like a neat process. I'd love to see it sometime.

[@JeffandLeslie]

Yes, the final shaping and finishing is the reward after hours of hard work

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Most definitely.

[@flintymcduff5417]

This is just my opinion. Not a commentary. For myself I am having 3 flintlocks built. 2 have been delivered, 1 soon to be. An aged finish was a choice but to me it never was an option. The gun is new and any aging I saw on the gun was what happened naturally with use. I wasn't trying to make it look old. BUT you did a good job with yours.

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

No sweat Flinty! I have a few others I"m letting age naturally. It's all fun when you load from the muzzle.

[@110665]

that is an awesome job!! your right it doesn't look like a mass produced kit gun...I have an old CVA mountain rifle I think ill try that on..

[@rickhand8228]

I'm liking this look.

[@paulnelson3999]

I like the way the kit is coming along. I would have used less bone black, but that’s just me. I like the way it would look just after it was purchased new back in the 1800s and let time and handling age it naturally.

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thanks Paul, I think I could have used less too, it kind of got away from me hahaha

[@heitorp.c.1327]

I love your videos, man! Great work

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thank you!

[@rambosnake666]

Looks Beautiful

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thank you!

[@kesleycottrell1416]

I built a couple kits. Built one for my oldest son when he was 12 and one for me that both of us built. The two most special time was the first time he got a deer (doe) with it. The second time is when we had a dinner made out of his deer. I seen my son grow into a man.

[@Texican-1836]

That's looking awesome!

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thanks Scott! I had a lot of fun with the project.

[@johnmuffy2848]

You saved the Floop untill last. Good. I liked the video, the bone black, and in general front stuffers. Add a Floop, a couple of Boops, what a great life. Rlfle looks great. I wait for more.

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thanks John!

[@Blackpowderdad]

Wow wow wow!! That looks great

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@stephenfields6236]

Nice touch!

[@shoot4fun663]

Bob Ross of muzzleloading! Lol. Looks Great!

[@mistermatt9056]

The rifle looks great Ethan!

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thank you!

[@terryqueen3233]

At first I didn't care too much for the stripes you were putting on it I think you called it faux striping but after you put the bone black on it started looking pretty good. To me it kindly brought the essence on the strikes out. All-in-all I think it looks pretty good. Good job

[@Stevew443]

I hope to have my custom built circa 1750 flintlock delivered next week. The stock will not be aged, but I actually would rather have my guns age naturally and know that any aging that happens is due to my use of the gun. This video shows a very interesting method of artificial aging and I would not be adverse to using it on one of my standard store bought guns to give them some more character, but the custom build I am getting will be my baby and any wear will be from my own grubby hands.

[@flintymcduff5417]

I agree 100%. I have 3 builds, 2 finished and the last one soon to be finished. Could have gone with an aged finish but it never was an option with me. They are NEW and I want them to look that way until the wear is there from honest use.

[@vwmountainman9701]

I wonder if the Bone Black is really carbon black or charcoal variant. Excellent video - really nice how u break everything down.

[@mrdinme.4768]

Very good!! I like what that bone black has done for your stock! Im getting itchy, cant wait to see ya smokin’ that pole up! Lol

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

You'll be able to see it shoot tonight! Let me know what you think!

[@lae52]

That's an interesting video. I like what you're doing. The only thing I'd add, is it looks to me like you may need to do a little more finish sanding and whiskering. Keep it up.

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thanks for the tips!

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

Very cool. I cant help but wonder if the carbon I scrape out of my tobacco pipe bowls would work in place of the bone black. The slight aroma of burnt latakia tobacco and briar wood might also add a pleasing olfactory note to the overall aesthetic.

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

I like where you are going with this.

[@mdog1615]

That’s gonna look banging once you do the finishing coats of oil ! I got a nice result using pine tar on my Lyman Great Plains rifle. Mixed with a bit of turps to thin it down then brushed into high wear areas , let it soak in then flame it really quick with a propane torch and wipe off the bubbles while still hot then finish it off with a coat or two of boiled linseed oil then very lightly knock down the grain with 0000 steel wool once dry. I practiced a bit first on an old axe handle before the gun stock , both came out pretty nice and the bonus is the pine tar treats the wood and protects it from moisture. Probably not authentic to the American gun making process but looks good all the same.

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Great idea with the pine tar and linseed oil. Thank you for sharing!

[@hawkenrifles]

Hello. You are left with a very nice rifle, very original and well finished. I look forward to seeing it fully assembled and you shooting with it. I like it more in percussion, like the one that other colleagues from youtube have done. I have the Pedersoli Hawken Rocky Moutain, in 54 caliber, which is an excellent gun, but I would also like to have that model in 54, but from Investarm (the Lyman Great Plains). Greetings from Spain.

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thanks for watching from Spain! You'll be able to see it shooting later today. Video should be up in about an hour from when I'm commenting. Thank you for the kind words.

[@alanlutz8373]

Hot Damn, I'm impressed with this. I don't have an ounce of artistic ability in my system, but you made it look doable. Thank you very much for this video. I'm really feeling good about it.

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Thank you so much. That's my goal!

[@marktaylor8659]

I love the look and the technique for applying the bone black. I makes your rifle extremely unique. What is the plan for sealing it or does it just need time to dry?

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

In today's video I'll add some coats of oil on top and then let it dry before shooting it. The oil should seal things up and I can always add more oil over time.

[@robertrandin9568]

It looks great man you're an artist that looks like Curly maple I would have liked to see it a little lighter and are you going to put like a true oil shine on it or maybe some boiled linseed oil or you're just going to leave it like that

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

I'll apply some oil and then be done!

[@Stoney327]

Howdy Ethan: I have to agree with Phil Stocks. I think you did a nice job, but I feel (IMO) that you got waaay too heavy handed on the sides of the butt stock? I thought using the Bone Black was supposed to simulate wear? Wear would lighten the areas, not darken them, plus how much wear occurs UNDER the cheek piece. When I do a Bone Black job, I hold/handle the rifle stock for a few minutes to determine where that wear occurs and Black accordingly. All in all a good job, but like Phil, not my kind of finish. Just saying. God bless: Dave

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

No sweat Dave, I totally understand. I applied the bone black in locations where I've seen darker color and wear on original muzzleloaders from the 1700s and 1800s. Hope this helps inform you more as to why I did what I did moreso than I did in the video! Keep your powder dry! :)

[@philstocks7859]

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. To me that stock looks like it has been used by someone who worked in a naval shipyard tarring wooden hulled ships during war, when he needed to be armed. Call me a wood prude, if you like, that's OK. I really don't care for it. I think you've done an outstanding job on this Hawken kit. Not my kind of finish.

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

I totally understand Phil! You'll get no hard feelings from me!

[@mahamudha9003]

1:30 looks nice, but how did you get the wood to look like we see it here? Danish oil only? THe starting striped look is danish oil only right? How did you get the striped look you start with? Thanks

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Hi there, I detail how I added the stripes in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpu3Y6p-jZKKaaMsi=cEaPID6e-ZytoMTd

[@shawnhulke7385]

Can you black the whole rifle and then sand off the high wear areas

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

Yep

[@henryofskalitz2228]

You need a repo whitworth

[@ILoveMuzzleloading]

I have one ;)

[@henryofskalitz2228]

@@ILoveMuzzleloading then show it off flaunt it like a bad ass i just bought a repo it came in last Thursday