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Can't tell if it's the pics or if I see a very few flat toped diamonds. Nice work reasonable prices.

bill

I checked out the site, and I found most of the photos to be quite poor, and therefore I had a really hard time seeing the checkering well...in my very limited experience even a very high-quality photo still masks a lot of flaws, but these would make it impossible to judge the work.
I would love to have access to really good photos of really good work though--checkering is definitely something I am working hard to improve my abilities in, and while I have come a long way I know I have a ton to learn.
A couple years ago I sent my freshly finished Fox stock to Mike Campbell to be checkered so that I had a benchmark to use as I improved my skill--seeing that work in person and in photos was a big help getting me up a level.

Are there other resources, books, websites, etc that any of you know of that might help in this journey?? (I've already checkered all available wooden surfaces in my house and yard...Pete must be on to something)

I want some of that Chinee walnut!

I've never even heard of Chinese walnut. Anyone know anything about it... species, origin, working qualities, etc.?

I believe it was Bill Dowtin who took a trip to China and found large groves of large walnut trees that the locals were using as a food source and were not willing to sell as timber.This was some years ago.

I'm with Pete. The most functional checkering for hunting purposes (especially where it gets cold) is the least expensive, requires the least skill to execute, and is the least attractive (usually; there are exceptions); i.e. the coarsest style.

Extremely fine checkering is expensive, not very useful for keeping control of the gun, and mainly used to add "class" and still not cover up the beautiful grain of the wood.

All that said, I understand that traditional fine guns have fine checkering which requires great skill to execute and costs a pile. Without it, they look funny. It is to wood as engraving is to metal--a luxurious luxury. Nothing wrong with that, just not MY style.

here's sumore funny wood from these guys. I still don't see anything to [censored] about with the checkering.

http://www.trapshooters.com/cfpages/sthread.cfm?threadid=218457&Messages=20

JMO of course

WtS

Wonko, Have you taken up canoeing? Never saw so many checkered canoe paddles in one place.

Jerry,

No, my stocks are still pretty blase - just thot the checkering was interesting.

So how y'are? Still doin the smokepoles?

WtS

Being at the bottom of the learnng curve, I could only hope to be half that good some day.