Lets see that pretty wood

Ahh Turkish.
I’ve only completed one stock so far. But I used a trim router to rough out most of the inlet free hand. Then get after the rest with chisels/gouges, inletting grease.
Here’s my dad’s post 64 Winchester that I did, from an 06’ to a 6mmAI.

Beautiful piece!! I really like the colour in that wood. I’m a big fan of the ebony, the piece I put on this current stock build has some gorgeous colour in it, I should have it polished up in the next week or two.

I’d love to build my dad a stock, but I’m not sure I could peel his hands off his rifles, but he will take mine from time to time lol.
 

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Not the prettiest wood but has some nice straight grain. Iv been told it looks like English walnut? I don’t know for sure. The cool part I think is it’s been here since 1952, my grandad ordered it to re stock a mannlicher, I figured it would be a good candidate for my first stock a handful of years ago.


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Anything is possible but that looks like Eastern Black Walnut to me. Not usually quite as nice to work with as regia, and takes more work usually to finish it and checker it, but it looks just great to me.
 
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Murder Maple?

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I took a blem stock of curly Maple and dyed it black just to see.
I was going for a ghost flame look where it was subtle but pops in the sun. the chatoyance of this one is really hard to capture because it's at its best to the eye where a camera just gets glare.
 
My wife’s Contender Carbine 7-30Waters I found in a pawn shop for CHEAP. I had to refinish the stock but here is what was underneath some red lacquer.
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Heres my current project
5 piece English/maple laminate. Skeletonized the butt to lose weight. Just glued it up this weekend. Inletting to come soon. For a Sako 90

Sitting on this other English blank for something special
POST UPDATES, PLEASE!! That's gonna be gorgeous!
 
Green velvet…when I die and am reincarnated as a piece of fancy walnut, I want to live in your wood storage area. Or pool table. Pick one, but that’ll do! 🤪
Ha! The wonder of a pool table remnant.

It’s pieces like these that I loose my mind over, man those are gorgeous!!!

Any plans in the works for them David?


The top blank is dedicated to an upcoming .375 H&H project. The other two are uncertain and are currently on the market to see if someone wants them more than I do.
 
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