Comfortably_Numb
The Evil Mike Brooks
I'm teaching a carving class at friendship in august.
The stringing is beautiful. This detail would be the limit of a decorative touch I would recommend for a highly figured piece of wood.Some guns don't need carved at all.
I hear you about stock carving being precise but I think you have a pretty good leg up when it comes to using chisels and such.I’m definitely nervous about stock carving. And it’s funny because I’ve done wood carvings for years, but doing whimsical wood spirits doesn’t require the precision that stock carving does.
Damn that's nice!And then there are other guns that look really good carved. This is Al Martin's latest BTW.
Luckily a SMR should stay plain and simple.I’m not really crazy about carved maple, I don’t know how, yet, and don’t even have the right tools, so I’ve decided to forego trying to even simple carving on the SMR I’m about to start on. I do like carving done on walnut or cherry, but I like it simple. I’m not into the really fancy carving.
I am finishing up a stock that sounds similar. It’s got decent curl in the butt and burl/Birds Eye in the wrist and some in the fore end area. The box lid is burly as well. Decided to and no carving or other embellishment. It’s red maple. Trying to decide on stain, brown with a touch of red or with yellow undertone. Gonna run some samplesI've read here very fancy wood ought to be allowed to speak for itself and left undecorated with carving. Plainer wood is better dressed up with carving. The grain in fancy wood is harder to carve precisely than the more forgiving plainer wood, which can be carved more easily. I've received a precarved stock with very fancy striping and a lot of birdseye figure. I paid a premium over and above the maker's highest price for striped maple for the stock. What should I be thinking about when deciding to carve or not to carve?
I'm putting the stock back in its box and putting it aside until I'm caught up on my projects. It's just satisfying to plan ahead.
No, I won't be posting pictures now. I'll wait until the project is ready to go. Just imagine a stock so nice it'll make you envious and you'll have a picture in your mind.
Looks similar to one of Mike Gahagan's distressed rifles. Beautiful.And then there are other guns that look really good carved. This is Al Martin's latest BTW.
Most men arise just as they went to bed; women however tend to somehow deteriorate..
Carving is like hair, makeup, and clothes on a beautiful women. Most beautiful women would not turn a head as they get up in the morning. The really beautiful ones tend to be plain but without flaws. Dress her up right and she may become a "super model". Tasteful attention to detail and embellishment is a good thing for both women and rifles.
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