[wcassidy]

In the near future a Hawken kit will be coming the way of a buddy of mine and he's looking to put an extremely authentic stock finish and barrel brown on it. Anybody have any home made finish recipes?

[rebel727]

Quote:       Originally Posted by wcassidy

In the near future a Hawken kit will be coming the way of a buddy of mine and he's looking to put an extremely authentic stock finish and barrel brown on it. Anybody have any home made finish recipes?

I like tung oil for stocks. Rust browning is the most authentic but time consuming. Plum Brown as sold by Birchwood Casey and others is an easy application that looks good. Is the kit an authentic kit or a modern Hawken?

Here's a pic of mine built from blueprints of an original.

[wcassidy]

I think he settled on a Traditions flintlock kit. I know he's planning on Birchwood-Casey Plum Brown as i have a recipe for rust browning i ran by him but it's probably going to be much more expensive ordering the chemicals to cook up the solution. I'm trying to con him into a chewing tobacco stain with a beeswax/tongue oil finish.

[rebel727]

It should be a pretty good gun. It in no way resembles a Hawken but does come fairly close to a Tryon trade rifle of the 1870's