Just a quick update. I got very lucky this past week in that Dave Norin had a few case hardening jobs to do so he used that opportunity to anneal my Farquharson action. Fred Bowen has made some form fitting jaws to hold the action while he works on it. In a week or 2 I hope Fred will email me some photos of practice plates for his engraving design. He will be using these 2 illustrations I sent him for inspiration.