Frizzen Shoe

Anyone know of anyone that can put a frizzen shoe on an import frizzen ?

Thanks all. Ketch

Tons of suggestions on this very subject. use the search feature.

The Old Gun Shack, Stanwood, MI. (231) 823 2050
They resoled the frizzen on a Dixie SMR for me. Very satisfied.
IronHand

I imagine Brad at Cabin Creek could do one.

I person could do a quite passable job with a an old reciprocating saw blade, a Dremel tool, some JB Weld original cold weld, and a couple of clothespins. Seriously.

IanH said:

I person could do a quite passable job with a an old reciprocating saw blade, a Dremel tool, some JB Weld original cold weld, and a couple of clothespins. Seriously.

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This.

Most of the time it sparks better than the original.

If you would form a shoe of a piece of file steel or 1095 and harden it, you can solder it to the frizzen and temper it at the same time using 60/40 solder which melts and flows at around 360°/370°F.

Ketchakah said:

Anyone know of anyone that can put a frizzen shoe on an import frizzen ?

Thanks all. Ketch

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Nothing wrong with shoeing a frizzen, only its a lot a work compared to just hardening. Any particular reason for not hardening?

Brown Bess with resole from long ago. Throws a great spark

Another YouTube suggestion ( sorry mike) 11 bang bang purchased a frizzen casting from the rifle shop fitted and hardened it for one of his Indian made guns.

If you’re willing and able it really is simple to do as IanH mentioned and requires very minimal tools. This was my first attempt on an India frizzen. Originally tried hardening, annealing, nothing worked. Just no carbon in it. So i decided to resole it myself. I figured I can’t make spark any less than it already didn’t! I used the rivet method and it worked perfectly and is historically acceptable but they can be epoxied, welded, soldered, etc just as easily I suppose.

Heres my post for reference on the way ”I” did it. Start at #24 through #29. Good luck with your project! Plenty of support and enablers here!!!

https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/...-service-kit-build.168669/page-2#post-2428975

Commodore Swab said:

Nothing wrong with shoeing a frizzen, only its a lot a work compared to just hardening. Any particular reason for not hardening?

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May be low carbon and was casehardened too shallow to last long. Rehardening would be the first thing to try, but if it doesn't take, resoling is another option.

So. . . That would be a no ?

Ketchakah said:

So. . . That would be a no ?

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There were a few specific recommendations of where to get the work done in earlier posts on this thread?