Hello Brent,

Is there a metallurgy Dept at your University? If so then a few scrapings or metal filings from under the action tang or other hidden place can be examined and a determination made as to the carbon content of the steel, that should tell you if the action can be case coloured or not.

Having the analysis done commercially could prove expensive though. Just a thought.

Harry

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