ELECTROLYSIS ON COLONIAL SPUR & BUCKLE

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Talking to Dan on the phone he mentioned cooking the spur.so after hanging up I decided to dig out my AC adapter.been 2 years since I fried anything so,I went to town on it.I'm no pro but it looks a little bit better now. I was hoping the spur buckle would stay attached as I think it's kinda cool how they fused together laying next to eachother for over 200 years.
before pics

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

during the process.changed dirty water and snapped a couple pics

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

I burnt out my AC adapter but here's the end results

 

[del]

big improvement Dave |:cheering: it looks as if the small buckle was on a hinge so it moved more freely . and i believe its a right footed spur.

 

[JTGOLD]

looks real nice after most of the crud is gone,good job.

 

[Ill Digger]

Oh cool! :yes: When reading the lead up I thought that the buckle came off.
Cool! It stayed together! :clapping: thumbsup01
Looks alot better! It'll make a great addition to one of your display cases :yes:

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

big improvement Dave |:cheering: it looks as if the small buckle was on a hinge so it moved more freely . and i believe its a right footed spur.

thanks Dan,a little confused about the hinge thing but what do you think is the age based on buckle style?

 

[OxShoeDrew]

Dave, did they have special boots that went with spurs like that? Or could that buckle be attached to any boot/shoe? Nice job.

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Dave, did they have special boots that went with spurs like that? Or could that buckle be attached to any boot/shoe? Nice job.

I'm not sure on the boot style or if specialty boots were worn :thinkingabout: