The blank was a hand selected graft between English Walnut in the butt section, and American Black Walnut along the forearm, with the graft running right through the wrist area of the stock. The blank presented plenty of challenges, as is often the case in highly figured wood. Just to make things even tougher, we decided to use polished alloy for the accents. The Aluminum grip cap is contoured to complete the bottom finger groove, as well as palm support. The line between wood and alloy is undetectable to the touch. Not an easy piece to carve! These first picts are after the first "spit" coat of finish, and there will be plenty more depth showing in the wood as the finish starts to come up. There will be several other billet built polished pieces added to the action to complete the package.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Daystate MKIII "Tribute"
This stock was commissioned by a friend of mine who lost someone close to himself. The gun originally belonged to the gentleman that passed away, and then was acquired by my friend. He contacted me about carving a piece to commemorate his friend, and this is where we have gotten to thus far-
The blank was a hand selected graft between English Walnut in the butt section, and American Black Walnut along the forearm, with the graft running right through the wrist area of the stock. The blank presented plenty of challenges, as is often the case in highly figured wood. Just to make things even tougher, we decided to use polished alloy for the accents. The Aluminum grip cap is contoured to complete the bottom finger groove, as well as palm support. The line between wood and alloy is undetectable to the touch. Not an easy piece to carve! These first picts are after the first "spit" coat of finish, and there will be plenty more depth showing in the wood as the finish starts to come up. There will be several other billet built polished pieces added to the action to complete the package.
The blank was a hand selected graft between English Walnut in the butt section, and American Black Walnut along the forearm, with the graft running right through the wrist area of the stock. The blank presented plenty of challenges, as is often the case in highly figured wood. Just to make things even tougher, we decided to use polished alloy for the accents. The Aluminum grip cap is contoured to complete the bottom finger groove, as well as palm support. The line between wood and alloy is undetectable to the touch. Not an easy piece to carve! These first picts are after the first "spit" coat of finish, and there will be plenty more depth showing in the wood as the finish starts to come up. There will be several other billet built polished pieces added to the action to complete the package.
