Marquetry?

[mikee51848]

Marquetry is making pictures from thin veneer strips. Has anyone see this employed in flintlock stocks? My dad can make a small eagle and I can inlet it into my stock.

 

[LRB]

With ivory,bone,pearl, and ebony, on european guns. Little to none on American guns and not quite like pictures.

 

[AeroE]

There have been a few custom bolt guns built with marquetry and it is common on older Weatherby rifles in simple diamond forms.

I've wondered about doing the same thing.

I think it's a fine idea for a modern rifle, just be subtle and conservative. Some of these guns are about historical accuracy, some are about art and history, and I don't see why some can't be all about art with no pretense of historical accuracy.

If the inlay is darker than the basic stock it might not give the "gaudy" impression that light colored wood will, but the contrast will be sacrificed.

 

[caneman]

I don't remember where I packed the book, but I have a front cover showing a very fancy marquetry stock on a European rifle. Not an American rifle if memory serves, and I even think iit was a wheellock.