Pedersoli's Harper's ferry pistol

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My latest project is a cleanup on this here (AZ) 1805. I'm under the impression that Pedersoli's are walnut, but this wood has bipolar disorder. The grip area seems like walnut, underneath has striping, the lock area has some dark figure and the fore end has very little character at all. It's got a single application of tried and true over a file and scrape job.

Anyone think it's walnut?
 

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Looks like walnut to me, too. Pedersoli's stocks are usually pretty nice. You can call yours "unique" and I think the end result will be attractive. ;)
 
I found a few post about the Pedersoli version that gave concern about the lock having odd geometry resulting in flint bashing. My example doesn't seem to have this issue. The pattern on the frizzen shows the flint hitting high but it rides all the way to the bottom.
 
I had a pedersoli Kentucky when I was in my 20’s. It was had a really pretty iridescent like dark stock. I chipped a little piece of it out once putting a pin back in. The unfinished grain looked a little sparkly.
 


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