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Old 19th November 2019, 07:36 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by francantolin
Hello and thank you for all the informations !!

does anybody know how do they for blackening the blade like that in the 19th century ?
by heating or oxydation ?
I don't think they used gun blue !
They did it like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niello

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