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The trigger guard is next, once that inletting is complete, then rough shaping can begin, btw, I find Its always better practice to make a new trigger guard pin (screw) if possible

How did that streak of odd-looking grain in the middle photo that has some earmarks of semi-sapwood turn out after the finish was applied, Claudio? Looks pretty distinct.
JR

Don’t let your imagination get away on you…no sap wood anywhere on that blank

Some things are better if they are just left to unfold in the fullness of time.

I can respect this sentiment about reserving a really special stock blank for an appropriate gun. I have an old exhibition grade blank of Circassian Walnut that would be best suited on something like a Best Quality heavy recoiling double rifle, or perhaps something like a heavy Lefever Optimus or Parker A-1 Special. It is highly figured marble cake with great layout in the head and wrist, plenty large enough to get a splinter forend blank, and has very tiny pores and is so dense you can't make a mark with a thumbnail. I have yet to find such a gun in need of restocking, and I suppose it could end up in my estate when I croak. I found it years ago for a ridiculously low price, at a small local gunshow, buried under a pile of old GunList and Shotgun News. I have shown it, and similar blanks on gunstock sites like Luxus Walnut, to my kids, and told them that if I die, they should not mistake it for some random short piece of lumber. They were shocked at how expensive a piece of walnut can be.

Of course, anyone who pays the price has the right to put such a blank on a plain-Jane Savage 311 or Crescent field grade. They can also wear expensive handmade Italian wingtip dress shoes with bib overalls and a camo hat. I just think that's nuts.

The diamond grip and drop points emerge….








A little water makes the colour pop…which gets the heart going momentarily

Claudio, do you "pencil on" the drop points and the line of the diamond grip sides, at some point in the stock shaping, and then work to those marks?

Absolutely fabulous work.