Beautiful Wood for Stock Makers
- Thread starter GotRDid
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If it’s from Bastogne I’d like to have it.
Sort of like the Bremont code breaker watch. The crown has inset into it a piece of the floor from Hut 6 in Bletchley Park.
charlie b
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Wife still quilts. I fix the sewing machines for the ladies in her group and I've been known to sew up some bags/luggage. Also repair machines for the 4 community centers where they teach quilting and gather donated sewing machines. Also did some machine embroidery. Really love working on the older machines.
$500 is really cheap for a quilt. Fabric alone comes close to that. If you factor in the true labor cost they would be several thousand.
And, yes, there are different grades of fabric
You can use scraps laying around (like the original quilts) but most buy specific patterns and fabrics. A lot like gun stocks
$500 is really cheap for a quilt. Fabric alone comes close to that. If you factor in the true labor cost they would be several thousand.
And, yes, there are different grades of fabric
You can use scraps laying around (like the original quilts) but most buy specific patterns and fabrics. A lot like gun stocks 
ISS
Gold $$ Contributor
When I was growing up I thought every home had a quilting frame and a quilt underway in the living room. We used to sleep under it on Friday and Saturday nights and pretend we were camping out. My Mother and Aunts on both sides Cross-stitched a King size plus quilt as a wedding present. It's the most beautiful one I have ever seen. As a fifth anniversary present, they did another one. They even conned my Father and Maternal Grandfather into helping a little. It was the last thing my Father did before dying of cancer.
I cherish them both. Things like that that Family put 80+ hours into, you can't place a monetary on them.
It's why I can't wait to see my Bc'Z stock.
ISS
AMGO4,
those stocks are gorgeous...
I cherish them both. Things like that that Family put 80+ hours into, you can't place a monetary on them.
It's why I can't wait to see my Bc'Z stock.
ISS
AMGO4,
those stocks are gorgeous...
Skedaddle Shooter
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But you’re not nearly as nervous while you’re doing it
charlie b
Gold $$ Contributor
They look just as good to me with a matte finish, I think even better than a gloss.
The gloss certainly shows all flaws better so takes a lot more skill and effort, IMHO. I'd just hate the idea of getting a ding in one.
GotRDid
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These are the type of stocks one would expect to see on a Holland & Holland Shotgun or Rifle.
Thank You for an exquisite link to some most stunning examples of Mother Nature’s gift to Shooters!!!
Some blanks would have been an even better choices than the Shotgun linked below…
https://www.hollandandholland.com/guns/holland-holland-20-bore-sporting-over-and-under-shotgun-55044
Teaser image, if you do not wish to open link…
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It's gotta be all the clinching of my butt cheeks as to why my ass is always tired. LolBut you’re not nearly as nervous while you’re doing it
Walt Krafft
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The stockmaker I use in Warsaw, MO always builds a gloss finish with oil then dulls it to matt if the customer wants that. Most of his stocks have 20+ coats of oil on them. His process is roughly, carve, inlet, sand, raise the grain, sand, seal, checker, mask the checkering, finish, unmask, seal the checkering, polish to the desired finish.
sstkmkrr
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Hello Rich.
I would like to see some pictures of you're stock when Bz's has finished putting the final touches on it bro!
AS one that has gone full circle of the creation of a finished stock from tree to finished product. Those of you that haven't walked this path has no understanding how many man hours it takes to: Purchase a field of tree's or say just one that is 100 ft tall, 4' / 5' in diameter. Cut this tree down into a safe landing, cut off all of the branches. Haul off all these excess material. Then you have to slab (Cut horizontally to it's length). Lay out the best grain and figure flow for a Rifle or Shotgun. ( High end Blanks that you see here are RARE, You may find one of this quality 1 / 1000 trees) Every tree isn't a treasure waiting to be unwrapped!) Seal the ends so that these will not split while drying. Stack and place 1/4" lath between each layer, to allow air flow for equal evaporation. Cover with a Tarp to create a humidity bubble. Weight 3-5 years for drying! Resurface from chainsaw cut to a smoother surface to grade wood. Now, take it to a Gun show, rent a table for display. Haul back to the shop that you didn't sell! Sold one of forty pieces you hauled there. Now repeat this traveling and handling of these blanks. (Should have been a car salesman)
Wood blank is purchased. Now find a Gunstock Maker that will cut your blank into that one special Rifle or Shotgun. Stock makers time 80 to 90 hours of hand work to a finished checkered stock.
I'am76 years young and still setting on standard grade Remington 700 wood to some pieces like the few you see here. Several thousand pieces still with me waiting on the Termites to come see them. Please understand that this isn't implied to be a for sale post! I'm just wanting some of you good folks to have a better understanding before you choose to throw rocks at High end blanks cost. If it doesn't fit your cup of Tea, pour some Whiskey!
Steve M.
I would like to see some pictures of you're stock when Bz's has finished putting the final touches on it bro!
AS one that has gone full circle of the creation of a finished stock from tree to finished product. Those of you that haven't walked this path has no understanding how many man hours it takes to: Purchase a field of tree's or say just one that is 100 ft tall, 4' / 5' in diameter. Cut this tree down into a safe landing, cut off all of the branches. Haul off all these excess material. Then you have to slab (Cut horizontally to it's length). Lay out the best grain and figure flow for a Rifle or Shotgun. ( High end Blanks that you see here are RARE, You may find one of this quality 1 / 1000 trees) Every tree isn't a treasure waiting to be unwrapped!) Seal the ends so that these will not split while drying. Stack and place 1/4" lath between each layer, to allow air flow for equal evaporation. Cover with a Tarp to create a humidity bubble. Weight 3-5 years for drying! Resurface from chainsaw cut to a smoother surface to grade wood. Now, take it to a Gun show, rent a table for display. Haul back to the shop that you didn't sell! Sold one of forty pieces you hauled there. Now repeat this traveling and handling of these blanks. (Should have been a car salesman)
Wood blank is purchased. Now find a Gunstock Maker that will cut your blank into that one special Rifle or Shotgun. Stock makers time 80 to 90 hours of hand work to a finished checkered stock.
I'am76 years young and still setting on standard grade Remington 700 wood to some pieces like the few you see here. Several thousand pieces still with me waiting on the Termites to come see them. Please understand that this isn't implied to be a for sale post! I'm just wanting some of you good folks to have a better understanding before you choose to throw rocks at High end blanks cost. If it doesn't fit your cup of Tea, pour some Whiskey!
Steve M.
My wife does hand quilting for people and she’s done several that 500$ won’t cover the labor.
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