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Thanks to everyone who helped me with re-hardening of the frizzen. I have to say that it works great after treatment with Kasenit, and I included some pics for reference. It's amazing how many sparks one actually gets, and that it only takes one of these sparks to flash the pan. I used my Olympus SP-350 in "available light mode" in the pitch black.

The lock is resting in my bench vise, and I am triggering it by pulling up on the tumbler.



 
Ky_Man, congrats on rehardening the frizzen. And what great pics! I must say that they are quite "striking". :winking:
Scott
 
Hey great pics! I think I'm going to try that and combine two hobbies into one. :hatsoff:
 
seeing something like this makes you wonder why anyone can't get a properly tuned flinter to fire
 
Congratulations on a fine hardening job. And your photography is spectacular! Just don't forget to re-install the bridle before putting that lock back on the rifle.


Sneezy
 
No bridle, it's not that nice of a lock. It's a Traditions. In case anyone was wondering, they did send me a new frizzen for free. I re-hardened my old (non-sparking) one for my own experience. Here's the thread with the procedure:
[url] http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/198937[/url]/
 
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Sorry, my bad.

I have a Traditions Springfield Hawken with a bridleless lock, but I saw a bridle post on the tumbler in one of your pictures and hoped for the best. Enjoy your flinter.


Sneezy
 
That's quite a spark storm. You did a great job on the frizzen. Doing the pics had to be a fun experiment. Thanks for posting them.
 
if you can't get your pan powder to ignite with all of those sparks, better give up and go to a cap gun! :grin:
 

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