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Mike Craw

"japaned" Iron Hardware

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Carlos Lopez from Rancho No Tengo saddle shop is working on making a Civil War era McClellan replica, and the guy he's making it for wants it EXACT! One of the things he said was that saddles from that era had iron, not brass, fittings and that they were "Japaned" which we understand to be black varnished. Does anyone know what the formula for that stuff is/was or does any company currently offer it?

Mike

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Use "Japanning" when you search. Its basically black shellac, their are recipes out their to make it.

Great, thanks! I guess I left out an "N" when I searched it.

Mike

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