Engraved flintlock

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Engraved flintlock

Post by Aughnanure » Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:33 am

attached to some nice wood.
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Re: Engraved flintlock

Post by Niner » Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:02 am

That is nice. That stock would be "curly maple" don't you think?

Some years back I was interested in building BP guns. Never got further than kits...but there used to be a few sources for stock blanks and some of those blanks that were of the premium maple cost as much and more than complete reproductions. Of course there was also a method of taking a lesser piece of wood and doing a burn method to make it look like "curly maple"....but I would guess that it was frowned upon by the cognosente. In fact I'm sure it was.
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