May 10th – Wrist checkering complete!
Woo Hoo! We are
half way done with the checkering!
Both sides of the wrist have been checkered with a matching
pattern. They diamonds have been
deepened to the finished level, and a protective coating of linseed oil
applied. This part of the stock is
now finished.
Left side complete!
Right side complete!
The next step will be to move onto the fore end. Here I will put a checkered pattern on
each side that will allow the support hand to securely grip the rifle.
Ok…so a number of emails have come in asking what the tools
are that I use for this process.
Well….here they are:
Like dental instruments for wood.
These are Dem-Bart checkering tools each one has a slightly
different purpose and a different angle on the cutting edge. They are not blades per se, rather they
are files similar to any swiss cut wood working file, just on a much smaller
scale.
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