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Your work is really really great but I would have went with the natural wood grain. Something that no artist can beat
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Why would anyone go with the natural wood grain when it looks like something that should be found on a Mossberg pump gun? Thats like saying I only date ugly ladies because they are natural. If I bought that gun new it would have been upgraded already. This is a fine option to give a price of firewood some character. Something to make it look more interesting.
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KYJ-
I too thought that there might be appropriate analogous musings with respect to the fairer sex. The woman I married could be made up to look pretty good, but was absolutely scary and unrecognizable without the application of paints and pigments. I'm not against makeup, but if it is the main course and not an appetizer or side, my taste lies elsewhere.
I would perhaps not agree that ugly women are that way because they are natural: one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen/known rarely uses make up (only seen her with it, sparingly, once), and I could get lost in those tawny eyes for the rest of my life.
Some enhancement of a gunstock is pretty much inevitable if we seek to protect it from the elements and our salty sweat. Oiling, even just waxing, will change the appearance somewhat. We blue/black the barrels, rusting them intentionally to protect them from the rust we abhor. Gifted men like Doug W. could make that protective layer a thing of beauty.
Perhaps, as I age, I find simpler and honest more attractive. I used to love all the goldwork on guns- the more birds and dogs in their gilded splendor the better. Now, a gold filled "1" or "2" on the top rib is plenty.
To each his own.
Mike
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While not for everyone, still it is a lovely product.
Mark did a gun for me about five years ago which suffered an accident and had to be cut down and a spliced extension. He beautifully blended the extension and though the gun has seen heavy use the finish has held up. I remain amazed that the splice is still near invisible.
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KYJ-
I too thought that there might be appropriate analogous musings with respect to the fairer sex. The woman I married could be made up to look pretty good, but was absolutely scary and unrecognizable without the application of paints and pigments. I'm not against makeup, but if it is the main course and not an appetizer or side, my taste lies elsewhere.
I would perhaps not agree that ugly women are that way because they are natural: one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen/known rarely uses make up (only seen her with it, sparingly, once), and I could get lost in those tawny eyes for the rest of my life.
Some enhancement of a gunstock is pretty much inevitable if we seek to protect it from the elements and our salty sweat. Oiling, even just waxing, will change the appearance somewhat. We blue/black the barrels, rusting them intentionally to protect them from the rust we abhor. Gifted men like Doug W. could make that protective layer a thing of beauty.
Perhaps, as I age, I find simpler and honest more attractive. I used to love all the goldwork on guns- the more birds and dogs in their gilded splendor the better. Now, a gold filled "1" or "2" on the top rib is plenty.
To each his own.
Mike Sure. (Using my phone  )
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Your work is really really great but I would have went with the natural wood grain. Something that no artist can beat I should rephrase that as man that thing had some cool natural wood grain to it that would be hard to beat
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KYJ-
I too thought that there might be appropriate analogous musings with respect to the fairer sex. The woman I married could be made up to look pretty good, but was absolutely scary and unrecognizable without the application of paints and pigments. I'm not against makeup, but if it is the main course and not an appetizer or side, my taste lies elsewhere.
I would perhaps not agree that ugly women are that way because they are natural: one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen/known rarely uses make up (only seen her with it, sparingly, once), and I could get lost in those tawny eyes for the rest of my life.
Some enhancement of a gunstock is pretty much inevitable if we seek to protect it from the elements and our salty sweat. Oiling, even just waxing, will change the appearance somewhat. We blue/black the barrels, rusting them intentionally to protect them from the rust we abhor. Gifted men like Doug W. could make that protective layer a thing of beauty.
Perhaps, as I age, I find simpler and honest more attractive. I used to love all the goldwork on guns- the more birds and dogs in their gilded splendor the better. Now, a gold filled "1" or "2" on the top rib is plenty.
To each his own.
Mike Sure. (Using my phone ) I wrote that for you, James. Sorry fellas, inside joke. Mike
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Why would anyone go with the natural wood grain when it looks like something that should be found on a Mossberg pump gun? Thats like saying I only date ugly ladies because they are natural. If I bought that gun new it would have been upgraded already. This is a fine option to give a price of firewood some character. Something to make it look more interesting. Since we're comparing the stock to a women then let's be real....I'd rather date a fat girl than a transvestite....just saying.
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Why would anyone go with the natural wood grain when it looks like something that should be found on a Mossberg pump gun? Thats like saying I only date ugly ladies because they are natural. If I bought that gun new it would have been upgraded already. This is a fine option to give a price of firewood some character. Something to make it look more interesting. Since we're comparing the stock to a women then let's be real....I'd rather date a fat girl than a transvestite....just saying. Hahaha. Can't argue with that logic.
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