Canvasback,

Beautiful wood. When I first saw the pics I thought it might have been stocked with American Walnut, but I had my doubts. Now, after viewing all the Diamond Grade pics I could find on the net, it looks like European Walnut, possibly colored with alkanet. I wonder what the final finish was? Oil? Copal varnish? French Polish? Anyone know what they were using at that time?

Regards
Ken

Last edited by Ken61; 10/21/16 06:17 PM.
I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.