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This might be of interest to a handful of you - I am restoring a Lorenz, which now has a very light finish, the stock having been reworked when the breechloading conversion was replaced with flintlock stuff. Here is a description, in Austrian dialect of German, of the stock finish.
In short, the pigment is a combination of boiled European walnut husks and Pernambuco, a pigment available from luthiers shops. I find it annoying that I can find pernambuco online but not English walnut husks. Got plenty of American walnut shells though. Stock finish is shellack, which normally also has some color to it. This formula is prewar, but I've seen it in publications right up to 1854, so there is a very good chance it was indeed the finish found on the Lorenz as well. Hope somebody here can make use of it.
In short, the pigment is a combination of boiled European walnut husks and Pernambuco, a pigment available from luthiers shops. I find it annoying that I can find pernambuco online but not English walnut husks. Got plenty of American walnut shells though. Stock finish is shellack, which normally also has some color to it. This formula is prewar, but I've seen it in publications right up to 1854, so there is a very good chance it was indeed the finish found on the Lorenz as well. Hope somebody here can make use of it.
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