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?

Thanks in advance,
Bob

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