Building up the comb on a NWTG stock?

[Snow on the Roof]

In the smoothbore threads I posted a question about improving accuracy with my Curly NWTG. One suggestion is to build up the comb. To do this I have been using card board held with blue tape in ever increasing layers until I got the height correct. Well, I am there now but how to finish it properly? I was thinking 3/8" felt pad and cover it with some buckskin I have laying around, perhaps some small tacks to hold it. However I got to thinking, which often gets me into trouble, that buckskin is chemically tanned and dyed. As well using furniture tacks may not be Historically correct. I am not particularly a HC-PC kind but the next guy may be and I would like to keep in the period "spirit" of this gun. Any suggestions? I thought about deer rawhide but what about tacks? Your thoughts and suggestions would tbe very much appreciated.

Snow

 

[Old Salt]

I have a boys rifle that I built for my son. He was unable to get a good cheek weld due to a very large drop on the comb.

What I ended up doing was cutting a piece of dense foam to fit the comb than I used duct tape to lock it in place. Finally I used a piece of leather cut and sewn to snuggly fit over the comb. Along the lower edge of the butt the leather is threaded like a shoe to allow the tension to be pulled tight.

The leather crafting skill is similar to making a sheath for a knife.

Many years ago I bought a leather monte carlo comb for a modern rifle with a plain stock. The idea is the same.

 

[cynthialee]

You should post a pic.

 

[Golfswithwolves]

I would suggest that you find a matching bit of wood and glue it onto the top of the stock. With some good amateur woodworking, stain and finishing you could make it look like it was there all along.