Antique British gun case restoration project

[Phil Giordano]

Fantastic work, you really do have great skill!

 

[Altitude sickness]

Russ, I used a small diameter awl to pierce the leather and wood

Circled are the old holes for attachments.

Again, I have never repaired one of these. I learned a lot one this one. And the second will be easier, faster and better.

I may even tackle making one from scratch.

 

[AZDAVE]

Nice work. I learned something in that I always thought the interior linings were high quality felt. Thank you for sharing the article on blaise. How do you find the leather treatment product vs say neetsfoot oil?

 

[PARA45]

Wow, you sir have a great talent. Beautiful so far.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Dave, I had never heard of Baize. Of course Rookhawk gave me the lesson on the difference in quality. It’s the same material used on high quality pool tables.

Neatsfoot oil has its place. But it darkens leather and can make it greasy feeling.

Plus all those Neats had to sacrifice their feet to make it. I’m not comfortable using a product knowing all those Neats are running around with no feet