I was just thinking about Hal Hartley and his stock making this afternoon.
On his maple stocks he didn't use a stock blank or buy a commercial semi fit stock and finish it.
All his maple came from trees he selected and cut in the mountains near his house.
He then trimmed them down and dried the wood before cutting them into stock blanks.
He did all his own torching of the maple and the final cutting, finishing, and fitting of the stocks to the barrelled actions.
It would be interesting to know if any current stock makers control the whole process in the same way.
Roger Vardy carves a few and he is in control from growing to the end. He sells no blanks that are air dried less than 10 years.
