Stock project

Bought this disaster off eBay for $50. Forearm had three cracks and the butt stock was cracked through the wrist internally. Plus two other cracks on the top of the stock. I am thinking the owner must have smoked because there are quite a few small burn marks in the forearm as well. I have four coats of oil on the stock and one on the forearm. Looks ok considering what I started with.

Nice, did you take pics before restoration

Unfortunately I did not. I wanted to make it darker like the older guns but the stock wouldn’t take stain or dye. I guess I’m going to learn to like the color

Thanks Ranger. I’ve got a few more to do. Will post some pics of those as well

Very nice.

Next project. This one could be interesting

14 coats of hand rubbed oil. I need to recut the checkering still and I am going to knock down the sheen with some rottenstone. I wish it was a little darker. I used Watco dark walnut danish oil for the first coat so it wasn’t as blonde. Starting the next one in a few minutes

Nice job! Which cutter are you going to use for the checkering?

Thanks. I ordered the single line cutters from woodcarvers supply. I messed around with it a little last night. The 60 degree cutter is nice for the first pass and the 75 degree cutter seems about right to me. They do plug up pretty fast

I was wondering if they worked better then the Dem-Bart? Apparently not.

Think I need to strip this and use the French Red. Talk me into or out of it please