VH is finally finished

[King Cobb]

Well I finally finished refinishing the VH I got last summer. The wood was oil soaked so it took me about 6 weeks of soaking it in alcohol and such to get all the oil out. Then I sanded it to 800 grit sand paper(father in law is a wood worker and it was his suggestion). Then applied 10 coats of tru-oil and then used Dudley's suggestion of steel wooling it again and applying one more coat and then wiping it off with a rag immediately. Did a good job of giving it a silky/satiny look. During the soaking the heel came off in 3 pieces, don't know if I somehow did this or it was old repair, but sanding, gluing, and then filling in with BW sawdust makes it invisible to see now.

As I was putting it back together I had two issues that scared the daylights out of me after it being apart for 3 months. On the forearm it wouldn't go back together and then I thought I broke the spring. Turns out the flat spring had worked itself loose and that was causing all my problems.

When I put the gun back together, the rear trigger wouldn't fire, so I had to get the gun apart without being able to open it and then discovered for some reason the sear for the rear trigger was wedged or stuck and wouldn't function. After readjusting it and hitting the inner workings with some CLR just to be safe everything is now good.

Brian has told me a method he uses for inking the checkering that I may use to make it more distinctive as the checkering while original is a little worn down. Haven't decided yet though.

Anyway here are the pics! will add some before pics as well.

[King Cobb]

Here are some before pics, both when I first got it and after using some Murphys soap on it.

[charlie cleveland]

nice job and well done...charlie