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I'm in the process of bringing both an Ithaca Crass and a Lewis model back to life, and I had a question.
Were the screws and trigger guards of that era rust blued or browned?
Barrels on both are still nicely browned, so I'm not going to to anything to them.
A flash in the pan, a cloud of smoke, and a prayer to the great Lord on high...
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Were the barrels browned or black/white?
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Both of mine were Black/white
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I agree with Stallones on the black and white. I have a Crass Grade 5 with original black and white. Also, I am sure that the trigger guards were not rust blued like barrels. The original bluing has much more lustre than rust blue. Maybe it was carbona or similar.
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My restored grade 2 Crass has deep black charcoal blued top lever, safety, triggerguard, forend iron.
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Chuck, are you saying that your Crass originally had charcoal blued triggerguard etc, or that in the restored condition, it now has the charcoal blue ?
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Daryl,
I don't know what the orig was, just the current restored condition. It's a dark high gloss black finish, I thought was a charcoal blue.
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Chuck, the original finish is not a hot blue [traditional] or a rust blue like on barrels. Here're a couple of pics of the deep vibrant, high lustre blue I am talking about . Maybe top lever shows it best as it's hard to see with the engraving.  
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Daryl is right, those parts are nitre or Carbona type processes.
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