Phenomenal is not the work I'd use.

Jerry Liles

My eyes are bleeding......seriously

I cannot imagine that ANYBODY could find this appealing in anyway, but then I read below the sellers info & found all the reader replies......WOW

And it's priced to sell....only $3,000!!!

Vapodog

I didn't know you were so talented with that Incra Jig.

I would actually like to see what it would look like finished. Reminded me of digital camo.

Read the Q&A postings at the bottom, LOL.

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Originally posted by 22WRF:
Vapodog

I didn't know you were so talented with that Incra Jig.

Now, please excuse me a while so I can find some to pull the knife from my back....

You got to hand it to him, there is a lot of work in that blank. It might turn out pretty nice. No, not for a classic English stalking rifle, but who knows what it would look like with some contours on it. I'd like all of those who are peeing on this to put the hours in to build something like that and then put a price on your work.

Put together by someone who doesn't know a damn thing about rifles or stock making.

Given the stripe down the middle, there's no room in the blank to offset the layout to one side or another.

A finished stock would probably weigh about 8 lbs.

I have to say, that would probably look pretty good with a M40 styled rifle, and a set of Marine desert digi camouflage

Doesn't the Serengeti stock have the same stripe down the middle?

It is interesting to say the least.

pool cue? maybe.....

I like it as a blank.
Seems like a waste to cut/carve it up for a rifle stock. It is a testament to someone's woodworking skill in blank form but wouldn't be my first choice for a rifle stock.
As a piece of woodwork though I am impressed.

I was thinking a super high Monte Carlo style stock with white line spacers and a lot of gold inlay



Forrest is right though. The center needs to be offset for the cheek piece to work. On second thought, I don't see why you couldn't just glue on some more wood

Terry

P.S. Sorry about the GIF

I think it's meant for a Savage barreled action!

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Originally posted by TC1:
I was thinking a super high Monte Carlo style stock with white line spacers and a lot of gold inlay



Forrest is right though. The center needs to be offset for the cheek piece to work.

Terry

I'm sure it is purposely designed to be on a stock design devoid of a cheek piece. Come on guys, this blank is not meant to go on a classic sporter with double square bridge, blah, blah, blah. Not sure what it is meant to go on, but I appreciate the work it represents and the design is cool. It reminds me of the Indian Blanket bench rest stocks that one of the guys back East does. Actually a BR stock would probably be a good application but the forend isn't wide enough. Maybe a Varmint rifle....

High school shop project

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Originally posted by gzig5:

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Originally posted by TC1:
I was thinking a super high Monte Carlo style stock with white line spacers and a lot of gold inlay



Forrest is right though. The center needs to be offset for the cheek piece to work.

Terry

I'm sure it is purposely designed to be on a stock design devoid of a cheek piece. Come on guys, this blank is not meant to go on a classic sporter with double square bridge, blah, blah, blah. Not sure what it is meant to go on, but I appreciate the work it represents and the design is cool. It reminds me of the Indian Blanket bench rest stocks that one of the guys back East does. Actually a BR stock would probably be a good application but the forend isn't wide enough. Maybe a Varmint rifle....

I just thought it was funny. IMO, the price alone disqualifies it from any application.

$3K would buy a real blank beyond my wildest dreams.

Terry

The amount of work put into it means absolutely nothing in regards to it's suitibility as a gun stock. The guy should be making cutting boards.

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Originally posted by dempsey:
The amount of work put into it means absolutely nothing in regards to it's suitibility as a gun stock. The guy should be making cutting boards.

Apparently he developed his "technique" by making sword handles. You're right though, it would make a nice cutting board.

very cool cutting boards possible.

I think though that it might turn out ok. surely not worse than some of the painted stocks I've seen guys pay for. it's just a very high starting point. If he wanted this to take off he'd find a way to get a price point under 1500, and have somebody finish one out to a stock and see how it really looked when done.

it's not my style, but then again neither or weatherby's or camo synthetics, it always amazes me the market niches that exist.

Red

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surely not worse than some of the painted stocks I've seen guys pay for.

Wow....I hadn't considered that....can you imagine buying that and making a stock from it and then painting it?.....

Should I offer him $10.00?

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Should I offer him $10.00?

Heck he has more than $10 worth of glue in that darn thing.

There are many grades of fine wood for gunstocks. This one happens to be the POS grade!

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Originally posted by D Humbarger:
Should I offer him $10.00?

Be careful what you wish for.....you might get it!

I'd Buy It (If he had two so I could have a matching pair)

Where's the eye bleach?

They told me I might have flashbacks.

I seen this before the thread started... almost posted it but was afraid I'd get kicked off this sight if I did!

The questions seem to be a little questionable:


Q: Hi, I'm just curious how you intend for the forend to stay together after the stock is inletted for the action/barrel. I see you have a strengthening rib (the only thing running lengthwise in the piece), but most of it will be removed when the barrel channel is cut... Dec-29-10


A: AHHHHH! I've been waiting for this question and thank you for getting to the "heart" of this piece. If you work with wood you will know that properly laminated (gluing and clamping) wood is stronger than wood by itself. The Fiddleback Maple strongback runs throughout (length & width) the lighter woods for stablization up until the darker woods. 99.99% of the stocks grain runs fore and aft to transfer the muzzel energy throughout the blank like a natural grain stock does, the glue lines between layers act as shock absorbers much in the same way a martial artist is able to break through multible slabs of concrete stone, the air spaces allow the "transfer" and ultimately the "absorbsion" of the energy. In addition the glue used replaces the air in the woods grain pores to create a "denser" stock. When you barrel this stock you will lose the top Fiddleback detail but it will continue in the underbelly and shoulder stock. A lot of thought went into this design and thank you for asking.


Q: I'm impressed with your lamination skills and your patience. I carve laminated gunstocks every day from my own blanks. I start from scratch... I have a sawmill and I obtain high quality walnut, cherry and maple to cut into lumber, I dry it and resaw part of it into thinner sections and then use a special jig to glue up a true blank. Your auction was e-mailed to me to show off your blank and I'm IMPRESSED by your work. I hope you sell your blank and I'll be following your auction. Here's some of my stocks. http://www.lumberjocks.com/haldougherty/projects Hal Dougherty Dec-28-10


A: Thank you js.I only wish I had your skill for carving. I would like for you to carve my work someday. We could be the "Reese's" of gunstocks (lol). Chris


Q: I HAVE LOOKED AT THIS STOCK BLANK SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS AND I AM COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY. I AM NOT IN THE POSITION TO BUY IT BUT I HAVE A GUN IN MIND I WANT TO BUILD AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS BLANK. I WILL KEEP YOU IN MIND FOR SURE AND WHEN I CAN GET THE MONEY I WILL CONTACT YOU FOR A PURCHASE. I SIMPLY HAVE TO HAVE IT. IT'S ALOT OF MONEY BUT I COULDN'T MAKE ONE FOR THAT. WORDS JUST CAN'T DESCRIBE IT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!! YOU ARE A VERY GIFTED MAN! Dec-20-10


A: I'm blown away by your response and thank you for the kind words.


Q: Man you should really look into a patent on those. I bet we start seeing them made by some gun company after the post of this one . That is a great job my friend you may of found yourself a nich in the gun industry. Love it Dec-20-10


A: I know your right. Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I have a few designs in the works that won't be quite as expensive. I may have found my calling.


Q: WOW, Only a few rifles deserve this. I am not interested but really appreciate the work and art involved. I had to enlarge the photos to see that you really did glue all those pieces together. I hope you sell it. I hope you make a reasonable hourly rate. I suspect you did it for the love and art, not the money. Good luck, Greg Dec-17-10


A: Thanks Greg, I appreciate that you appreciate my work. Yes it is a labor of love and it took a lot of pressure from friends to post it on ebay because I never invisioned someone actually buying it. It's a bitter sweet attempt and in a way I hope it doesn't sell (then again I hope it does-lol). Did you check out "other items" or go to "collectible swords". Take care. Chris


Q: thats ludicrous. I hope you selll it. Dec-16-10

A: Thanks! It would make a beautiful "showgun" wouldn't it?

I was at a RMEF show in Portland Oregon with Mark Stratton in the 90's and there was a booth with a guy who did stock carving and painted checkering. The checkering was painted to look like indian bead work. I rememeber standing there behind this incredible crowd that was viewing him deface a piece of wood into an animal cracker characterization of a deer and Mark asked me what I thought of it, with a smile on his face. Just as I spoke, everyone stopped talking and you could have heard a pin drop as I said it was the most horrible crap I had ever seen. I could tell by the look on the carver's face that he did not appreciate it. It was not intended to be heard by anyone other than Mark but it did not turn out that way.

It had to be painstaking work, just as this laminating had to be. The end result was just as much a piece of shit as this stock is. BTW, deer,elk and their ilk are color blind so you can wear camo until you are blue in the face.

I am sure he is proud of gluing the tooth pics together but Forrest said it best, it was just done by a clueless guy with too much time and glue on his hands.

Looks like a pool cue.

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I am sure he is proud of gluing the tooth pics together but Forrest said it best, it was just done by a clueless guy with too much time and glue on his hands.

Chic Worthing
"Life is Too Short To Hunt With An Ugly Gun"

Chick, I think you hit the nail on the head with this line, I suspect this is one of them sniffen glues!

I try not to bad mouth anybodys work, and his work is top notch and a lot of good work envolved here! Had it been something other than a rifle stock he would have hit the ball out of the park!

I'll bet he could make an out of this world checkerboard.

That thing gave me a case of hemorrhoids it was so ugly!

Looks pretty monotonious as a blank. I would like to see what it would look like after it got out of the stock duplicator. Might be "interesting", "wierd" or even "beautiful".

Wish the guy had a stock to look at along side the blank.

And to think you guys have been throughing away all those itty bitty scraps of wood when you shaped your blanks. You could have have glued it all together and made thousands !!