Dan,

Sorry 'bout that grin. I am glad you got it, at least we can rest assured that it will wind up in a close semblance of its former glory and will rest in good company. Look on the bright side, I came real close to hitting the bid again button!

I am glad my eye is getting better at spotting things. I can't count how many times I have reread Michaels books and the posts on the forum concerning various makers, and I always learn something.

The schnabel form, stock shape and the fact that the checkering fit the areas he seemed to favor covering along with the comb to cheek piece line were the clues I used to convince myself that it was probably an S-Man. I have blown up the pictures from the forum and the auction and bounced back and forth trying to match points. Only thing I didn't accomplish was make one a transparent image that I could overlay.

Glad you got it, look forward to the pictures.

Thanks
Thaine

It ain't ignorance that does the most damage, it's knowing so derned much that ain't so! J. Billings