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Suggestions for 'old time' dark/black stain or dye?

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FYI, my friend @tarawa1943 on here just picked up this fishtail-stocked matchlock with a nice dark stain on it. Such early arms were often 'blackened', for lack of better words.

Anyone have any suggestions for such a dark or black dye/stain from real world experience?

Thanks in advance!

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Very cool gun! Black walnut hulls make an effective dark traditional stain. Used to use it to dye traps--it'll blacken wood, metal, your hands--whatever it touches.
 
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