Jake:

The wood belongs to some wonderful folks who cut walnut in northern CA. They don't want to do private sales. I became friends with them and found they had blanks they referred to as Family Grade, meaning you had to be family to get them. I asked them to adopt me. Now I call them Mom and Dad and they send me pictures of wood.

Is this a great country or what?

The blank is only about a year old right now and all I have is this picture and the chance to buy it when it is ripe. I can't even get the measurments as it is buried in a drying pile. Being familiar with their wood I would say that the white wood at the top of the wrist is sap wood. The very dark area right below it is very straight close grained dark pigmented wood. These folk know how to cut wood so I expect there is plenty of room under the sap for the wrist. I believe the blank is clean on the other side.

When this subject came up I decided I needed a fine double gun and asked them if I could have the blank. I just posted the picture to stir the pot a bit. <g>

Regards,
Glenn


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