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I've read where some of the more knowledgable people on this board can look at a stock and say, "That's a Biesen stock", or "I can tell that Gary Goudy made this stock", etc. So I understand that each stockmaker has his/her own style. However, if a customer were a fan of a stockmaker who was no longer building stocks, how would one go about having a stock built in that style? Are most stockmakers flexible enough in their own style that they could build one that looks very much like someone else's? For example, Chic (or any stockmaker), could/would you build a stock that would look similar to a Linden stock?

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IMHO most of the top stockmakers are going are best at what they like best. I think that they of course are talented enough to vary somewhat but I don't think for example it would be very easy to get D'Arcy Echols or Sterling Davenport to make a "California Weatherby" stlye stock. I don't know that anyone but someone with a little Tuetonic blood can (or would want) to do a proper Schweinsrucken". I would think that perhaps a talented but less well known stockmaker without a large list of backorders would be most likely to experiment a little. Overall I think you'll get the best work done when the maker is enthused about the project.......DJ
 
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Originally posted by bobvthunter....

However, if a customer were a fan of a stockmaker who was no longer building stocks, how would one go about having a stock built in that style?






One method is to have the stockmaker develop a pattern to your specs using your barreled action. If you were not available to "try" the pattern in progress, in most cases a picture or relevent measurements would suffice.



Are most stockmakers flexible enough in their own style that they could build one that looks very much like someone else's?



All (or most) are certainly capable. The quality of work done by the current generation of craftsmen is the best in the history of the profession. That's not to demean any of the old masters. There are just more people doing as good, or better work than in the past.



For example, Chic (or any stockmaker), could/would you build a stock that would look similar to a Linden stock?



Chic certainly could.



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