I mainly shoot utility, so this is the best I have:

Let's see what ya got!!

Looks pretty nice

Below are 3 custom Foxes. One in each gauge. Top one is 16 gauge in Turkish, middle is 20 gauge in Circassian and bottom 12 gauge in California English.

man, those are gorgeous!

Manufrance Ideal 6R EE

Nice wood guys, they’re all beautiful but those first 2 Foxes there Tut are about as good as it gets in my opinion.
Stan

How about some VINTAGE 1884 Henry Atkin wood ? Click on image to enlarge.

G&S Holloway. No comparison with the beauties posted above, but the best I got to offer...Geo

Nothing close to being as spectacular as the others but not bad for a pre war Russian gun in original finish.

This is an off the rack 16 ga. L.C. Smith 0 grade circa 1910. One of the previous owners put his name in the lower left corner of the stock, who am I to take it off.

George, The wood on your gun looks like the French walnut they had 100 years ago (before the Germans took over in France destroying the old trees). That stock is really fabulous imho.

Marble cake makes my heart swoon...

First photo is a 1910 C grade Fox with a skeleton butt plate. Second photo is a 1919 J grade Fox SBT.

George you been holding out on us...I can't look at this anymore.

This wood on my Alexander Henry double .577 2-3/4" BPE is about as good as it gets. The rifle was completed October 14, 1890.











Curl

Great thread, I love nice wood.

My Churchill

My two Brownings

My 12 ga. Merkel

My 20 ga. Merkel

I've really enjoyed seeing what others have posted.
Karl

Some really nice wood guys, Geo that Holloway is stunning!

Untitled by FGP1154, on Flickr

Untitled by FGP1154, on Flickr

Simple '0le 16ga Husky Model 49 before and after.

Tunes,
Nice transformation on that Husky!
Karl

From a Belgian klunker. Other side was even better.

Boy oh boy cback, the layout and the execution appears to have worked out very nicely.

I'm kinda pleased with it. Gun was stocked in France about 1920 so I'm guessing it was some of that 100 yo, pre German forest destruction, French walnut Buzz was mentioning.

Not a bad chunk of kindling for a 200 year old double flinter, London made.

A double flinter. Now that would be nice to have. Nice looking piece of wood.

bOb I like how you keep price tags hanging on your guns.


Where did you steal that picture bOb ?

I've got nothing that comes even close to these pics. The wood on these is worth more than most of my whole guns.

SRH

Hey dUmbAss,
In your first sentence you point out how I keep price tags on my guns.
In your second sentence you accuse me of stealing the pictures.

homelessjOe (aka Frank Cox) is an moron.
He is unable to follow his own train of thought from one sentence to the next.

homelessjOe (aka Frank Cox) is a coward.
He hides behind his keyboard knowing full well that if he spoke the filth he spews
while standing toe to toe with a man he'd get his monkeybOy neck snapped.

homelessjOe (aka Frank Cox) is a liar.
He accuses a man of stealing without any knowledge or proof.
Bearing false witness I think it's called.

How about a wager Frank Cox?
Let's bet I can prove the above referenced photo and gun are mine.
Loser self banishes from this forum for the remainder of 2019.

Oh ya, Frank Cox is a gutless fool who's afraid to put up or shut up.

So you are one that cries about how this board has gone downhill, and yet here you are? Interesting! By chance were you a part of the classic fly rod forum before it took a nose dive?

RAR, ever single thing Bob said is spot on.

Ignoring the problem hasn't worked. Why not spotlight it?

Because now we just go in this vicious circle, but the problem is the more you go round and round, the more people see your hypocrisy. Who can take you serious when you keep showing this level of unawareness, you may think you appear righteous, but thats only how you perceive yourself, to the rest of us you look like a fool.

If you feel that way, that's fine. If I think you are a sucker for falling for Frank's crap and the rest of it, and the paying for it to boot. That's fine too.

So, around and around we go. Hold on.

All you girls with panties knotted up, complaining about the each other, and you’re too damn cheap to even support it.
Shame on you knuckle heads!!!

Ha ha ha ! I dont give a shit who's wearing panties, I wanna see great guns with great wood or utility guns with surprisingly great wood!

bOb I guess there nothing wrong with keeping the price tags hanging on your guns....please forgive me bOb

Stan,
I've come to realize in the end it's "pretty is as pretty does".
Karl

RARiddell,

My father used to say,
"You can tell a lot about a man by the company he keeps".
Your allegiances on this board speak volumes.
My father used to say,
"When a man leaves this world, the only thing he takes with him is his good name".
You may be the type of man to allow a cowardly liar (Frank Cox) to besmirch your name,
Me, not so much.
I've uttered no cries in any of my posts, only a challenge to a liar.

RARiddell,

Perhaps you'd like to accept my wager in Frank Cox's stead?

homelessjOe (aka Frank Cox) is a coward.
He hides behind his keyboard knowing full well that if he spoke the filth he spews
while standing toe to toe with a man he'd get his monkeybOy neck snapped.

homelessjOe (aka Frank Cox) is a liar.
He accuses a man of stealing without any knowledge or proof.
Bearing false witness I think it's called.

How about a wager Frank Cox?
Let's bet I can prove the above referenced photo and gun are mine.
Loser self banishes from this forum for the remainder of 2019.

Oh ya, Frank Cox is a gutless fool who's afraid to put up or shut up.

You hiding the price tag bOb...just saying.

Ps..IT goes without saying your pappy didn't tell you about peeing into the wind.

Back to wood:



About the best I’ve got. Not the show piece that some guys have on their guns, but, I selected it, with input from the maker on the requirements of what I wanted on the gun. I told him I wanted a little thinner wrist than is typical, an idea he was a bit dubious about, but, he didn’t own a pair of gloves, and it is -30 here, today.
He said this piece was the best in the shop for strength, beauty, age, and stability.
It was built to fit me, cast to fit me, and had the configuration and sling that I wanted put on. Then, the restocked gun went in a case, and came home from France with me.

It didn’t seem like a big deal at the time, but, I came to understand just how hard it was for anyone to pull that off, years after I did it. I was very lucky to have been in a place to do so.

Best,
Ted

I’m told I got exhibition grade wood on my BSS sidelock:






Guess some of them are rather plain. I would rather have plain without trouble than fancy with issues.

Best,
Ted

Nothing like mother nature...Ted the wood looks pretty nice on both the stock on the Darne almost has some fish belly behind the grip.

“Galwi”. Pronounced “galbi” in France, sometimes called perch belly here in the states. You will see it on Belgian guns from time to time.

Exactly what I wanted. I’ve used that gun to great effect for grouse hunting for thirty one years, and three Setters. Taken a few pheasants with it, as well.

Best
Ted

Fish was as close as I could get...

Roach belly is a term sometimes used here in UK for the same stock configuration

Now I know what term you use when referring to those stocks. I have a Simson over/under with the perch belly.

Ted, re:
"“Galwi”. Pronounced “galbi” in France, sometimes called perch belly here in the states."
"Galbée", actually, as in "crosse galbée". Pronounced sort of like "galbay".
It is seen most often and in the most acute ways on Belgian guns.
WC-

The gunmaker who did the stock gave me that spelling. But, he lived in Montreal for a few years, and may have been corrupted.

Best,
Ted

Enjoyed the nice photos in the thread. Thx for those who shared.

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