As is customary for me, I'm late to the party. I went to church, so there!
The skeleton damascus plate on Glenn's rifle was done with a false insert to cover large holes bored in the buttstock. These holes were bored for recoil reducers which added weight and helped reduce recoil over a long day of shooting.
I've done skeleton butt plates using the false insert and inletting them to the native wood. Both are very time consuming but the native version is the most difficult because you only get ONE chance to do it right.
I'm kind'a hoping that Glenn gets busy and makes some more plates real soon because I need at least one more for current projects. Glenn thats your clue the world is waiting.
I believe that I posted this picture before, but for those that have not seen it here it is. This is the skeleton butt plate from a "C" grade Nichols & Lefever that I own. The wood has shrunk over the last 120 or so years but this is true insanity.
