[SWAMPSNIPER]

You add iron filings to nitric acid until no more will dissolve, then brush it on the maple. I just passed the stock back and forth over an electric hot plate. Some wood was finished with what they called "French polish", a mixture of white shellac and linseed oil. Beeswax also makes a fairly durable finish.

You may know me if you're in Florida and shot in NMLRA events back in the 70s. I was the guy who always shot a flintlock in the line of caplock shooters, it drove them crazy! I usually had an empty lane to my right!

[SandWMan]

I’m Stophel or Fatdutchman on some of the ML boards.