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That finish is called Parkerized and you can do it yourself very cheaply. I started doing my own 20 years ago restoring Harley parts. Manganese and Zinc phospating developed by the Parker Chemical Co. way back in the day. All you have to do is soak the cleaned steel(glass beaded or wire brushed and degreased) in the heated solution for a bit and oil it after you pull it out.

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As stated by the original poster, these are done with black zinc. It's clear (silver) zinc followed by a chromate bath, brownish black in this case.
Often mistaken for parkerizing or phosphating, but it's most definitely not.