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No, it looks nice from here. Very nice. (But nor do I have my nose 2" off the surface of the wood casting my vision at a shallow angle in good reflective light, so I can't be sure. Never ask me to evaluate something like that via an internet pic, when I can't hold it in my hands and critically examine it.)

Everybody's world view and life experiences are different and that makes for a bazillion approaches to the same problem. Some work, some don't, and very few other than the labor intensive old ones stand the test of time. I have made comments based upon my experiences (and all in public, by the way), and from watching too many emperors parade down the street modeling their new clothes.

As an aside, notice how we all use the term "hand rubbed"? If you stop and think about it, how else would we rub a finish? With our feet, with our noses? Elbows perhaps? Ha ha. It's akin to saying "hand tied flies". Not much foot tying going on, and never has a machine been invented that will tie a fly, and I doubt many monkeys or Labradors can do it either. Just a comment about how phrases can be mis-applied in our lexicon.

Can there be more time elapse in-between the rubbing coats?

That is, can one take a week off and then go back to it again? A year off, then go back again?

Thanks for the tutorial TC1! Your stocks look so good it's making me want to start work on my S&W branded 1900 Husqvarna that needs a facelift. I'm holding back because I can't decide whether to remove the M/C or leave it as is. A quick question: Where is the bolt release on your 1640?

Excellent tutorial; thank you for your time, effort -- and patience with questions and not to mention nay-sayers!

Joe beat me to the first question but I have a couple more. What stock pattern did you use on the 1640 .270? It appears to have a bit of drop at the heel, but am I correct in assuming it still works with a low ring scope mount? It looks similar but a bit higher than the Stuart Edward White style I've been eyeing on Walnut Grove Gunstocks website. Thx

WOW !!! Fabulous, TC. No wonder your rifles look so great. A Master at Work, you are. E

Thanks for all the work and knowledge sharing. My dad taught me a similar technique as yours, but we always used steel wool. Can you show me how to wet sand and maybe how to use a block. Whenever I wet sanded it just didn't turn out right

I'm having a G33/40 built right now and plan on using another 21H as a pattern for it. On the next one I'm going to cut it at the wrist and remove about 1/2 the drop.

I'd really like to see a tutorial on that process also. This stuff is very helpful for us "non-expert basement hacks." Someday, I'll graduate to the garage.

Terry- I like what you did and thanks for taking the time to post all the pics of the process. I might have missed it but you indicated you had to fix a small crack in the toe of the stock. I am curious about what that entailed and how you did it. Thanks, again. Bruce

Thanks again Terry for the great tutorial!

A couple of questions on how to deal with the checkering.

1) Any special treatment during the whiskering phase? Do you just sand up to the edge of the checkering?
2) Is it an issue to have the finish build up in the checkered areas when first applying the oil and during the hand rubbing part?

Thanks,
Phil