That is absolutely gorgeous. WOW
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Another discussion about unique stock wood.
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A hunting buddy of mine who precarved many hundreds of stocks, turned out a number of "old wood " chestnut stocks from mostly old barn wood. If that wood survived the precarving , barrel inletting ,and r/r drilling process it was likely ok to build . .........oldwood
Brokennock
Cannon
That furniture is gorgeous.
I'd love to see a flintlock stocked in chestnut. If one is questioning its integrity for a stock, well, no one said it has to be a big bore shoulder slammer. I think that wood should make for a mighty nice small bore smoothrifle. Maybe a nice neat little 45 ball to the pound Lehigh Valley. And by little I mean adult size length, but nice long and lean. Would be a pretty sweet bunny buster and squirrel slayer.
GANGGREEN
45 Cal.
I'm thinking about taking the blank to Dave Keck at Knob Mountain and ask what he thinks. If I do it, it would either be exactly as you suggest, a .45 Lehigh or some sort of "Appalachian mountain gun" in .40, .45 or .50.
GANGGREEN
45 Cal.
And thanks for the compliment on the furniture. We're quite happy with it, but I can't take a ton of credit other than safeguarding the tree and making sure that the wood was appropriately milled. I built the coffee table in the photo, have built some turkey calls with it and a handful of picture frames, but the blanket chest in the one photo was built by an uncle of mine and the hoosier and dining room table were built by an Amish furniture builder in the area. He knocked the hoosier out of the park for sure.
Brokennock
Cannon
Well, if you make another turkey call out of it, or it and a piece of apple, you've got a buyer. I'm always looking for unique calls. Chestnut pot with a slate surface maybe?
GANGGREEN
45 Cal.
As a rule, I don't build for other guys. I'm still just a bit anxious about my abilities and wouldn't enjoy wondering and worrying about whether it was appreciated or a total disappointment. I did do a few box calls and a few slate calls with it. I have only a very little bit left, but if you had something interesting to trade, I could be encouraged to stick a large enough piece in the mail for a slate call (or box call parts I suppose) and you could build it yourself. For what it's worth, I have an apple wood box call that a friend built me years ago and it screams, not to mention that it looks quite nice. I have some old apple trees that are likely to come down one of these days and I'll likely lay some logs back for box and slate calls when it's dried.
I think I'm going to work on a chestnut/walnut box call one of these days because I think the contrasting wood will look nice. I'm leaning towards Chestnut base, striker and end pieces and Walnut rails.
I think I'm going to work on a chestnut/walnut box call one of these days because I think the contrasting wood will look nice. I'm leaning towards Chestnut base, striker and end pieces and Walnut rails.
GANGGREEN
45 Cal.
Here is that Apple wood call that a friend made for me. in looking at it now, it almost looks as if the paddle and the base were made of Chestnut, meaning that I must have giving him some Chestnut at some point. My calls look nowhere near this nice.
