Some Examples Of Refinished TC Hawken Stocks

[roundball]

Plain Jane Hawken stocks I bought for very little money and what they looked like after I refinished them:

 

[lonewolf5347]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a380/lonewolf5347/P1010003.jpg
here a stock I pick up as a part gun ,seem the gun was fired some 30 years back and never cleaned stored over a fireplace for the rest of it life $55.00 bucks total

 

[john s mosby]

Beautiful finish on both stocks guys. Amazing what a bit of work does, actually it's a lot more than just a bit of work to get them looking that good.

 

[FishDFly]

Nice work, I really like the figure in the bottom stock.

RDE

 

[RedFeather]

That figure really pops right out. What finish did you use? I had asked about just this subject on the maker's forum. T/C used fairly nice walnut but, for some reason, their facotry stain has always been less than impressive.

 

[roundball]

That figure really pops right out. What finish did you use? I had asked about just this subject on the maker's forum. T/C used fairly nice walnut but, for some reason, their facotry stain has always been less than impressive.

Yes, I learned that the factory automated spray-on whatever that they use covers up a lot of beauty in the stocks.

I have stocks chemically stripped at a local antique furniture refinishing place that has a commercial stripping booth so there's no sanding to change the dimensions of the stock.

I use no stain...learned that the hard way...makes the stocks too dark when Tru-Oil is also used which darkens the stock some all by itself and as a result the the combination makes the stock such a dark color it hides most of the pretty grain you were wanting to highlight in the first place.

I use several coats of Tru-Oil, sliding "0000" steel wool over each dried coat VERY LIGHTLY to barely knock off the shine.

Then wipe on another 4-5 minute coat of Tru-Oil, then ensure it gets bone dry/cured in a warm house 3-4 days, etc...repeat several times till it's the way you want.

From then on I just liberally wipe stocks down with an oily rag on the work bench after every use & cleaning activity

 

[jeepwj992002]

Great looking stocks RB!!

 

[RickD]

Its amazing whats under all that stain..very nice looking stocks

 

[snagg]

Roundball:
The stocks came out real nice. Good idea using a chemical bathe to remove the finish, so as not to affect the dimension of the wood.

snagg

 

[Blizzard of '93]

nice work, did you sand or polish the wood before applying tru-oil?

 

[RedFeather]

Hard to beat TruOil. I've been looking at one off and on that's not too highly priced and it seems to have some decent grain underneath that sort of smokey blonde stain they were using at the time. Wonder where they were getting their walnut as a lot of it is very light.

 

[roundball]

nice work, did you sand or polish the wood before applying tru-oil?

Only if there is ding or scratch that needs to be softened or something...otherwise I just blow it off with compressed air and apply the first coat of Tru-Oil...the very light use of "0000" steel wool between coats is an important step

 

[roundball]

Hard to beat TruOil. I've been looking at one off and on that's not too highly priced and it seems to have some decent grain underneath that sort of smokey blonde stain they were using at the time. Wonder where they were getting their walnut as a lot of it is very light.

Don't know but I like the occasional lighter one like that...have a couple...so many of the Hawken stocks are all the same medium dark color.

All the stocks in the photos are 70's vintage stocks when the wood usually had a lot more character, grain, figure, etc... the one with the two bucks is an especially beautiful piece of wood with color tapering off lighter through the buttstock..."wow" comes to mind when you hold it in bright sunlight.

The first and last photos are gorgeous pieces of walnut with lots of amber 'tiger's eyes' and 'stripes' that just "glow" in bright sunlight

 

Hi Roundball,
Beautiful work.

 

[jethro224]

Very nice! :thumbsup:

 

[lonewolf5347]

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The top picture used to be a hawkens 50 cal. flinter but I did flip it inot a pa hunter stock
Renegade was a kit gun from the 70's 54 cal. flinter that I purchaed from a board member here also used LMF browning chemical for the metal work
I like FORMBY'S TUNG OIL SATIN FINISH

 

[stalkerhawk]

this is a stock I just got what do ya'll think

 

[roundball]

Pretty wood !!

 

[stalkerhawk]

I can't wait to re-finish it,and see how it turns out thanks for all your help Roundball

 

[jeepwj992002]

That is a nice stock too!!