The Brown truck brought these to the house today.

The one on the left is an English Walnut blank I bought from ElCaballero. It's very nice, but a sprig knot was uncovered while turning it. Oh well, these things happen. Otherwise it's a stunning piece of wood.

The one in the middle was the pattern.

Now....drum roll please! The one on the right is a piece of Claro Walnut and it's absolutely beautiful! If this was a woman it would be XXX rated

I'll get a few more up after my picture hosting service is back.

Terry

WOW amazing Claro.

The Claro stock looks alot like a piece of California Black that I have... you sure its Claro?

Oh My!!!!

Here's another

Yes it's Claro

Terry

TCI:

The stock is gorgeous, but the pattern is real pleasing to the eye too. What is that pattern? What actions will it accomodate. Is your pattern stock for rent?! I am thinking that pattern would look real nice on an HVA commercial mauser I have.

Thanks,


Jordan

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Originally posted by Jordan:
TCI:

The stock is gorgeous, but the pattern is real pleasing to the eye too. What is that pattern? What actions will it accomodate. Is your pattern stock for rent?! I am thinking that pattern would look real nice on an HVA commercial mauser I have.

Thanks,


Jordan

The pattern is off an old guild rifle. The owner had an extra pattern for me and I added the cheek piece and a few smaller details. The deal was he gets the pattern back when I'm finished. I'll talk to him and see what he say's, but it's not really mine.

Terry

I love that pattern. Pretty wood as well.

OK, one more and I'll quit.

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Terry

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Originally posted by ElCaballero:
WOW amazing Claro.

Hey Wes, The one I got from you looks good too. Just more laid back.

Terry

Terry, that is stunning. Claro is one of the wildest looking Neon Sign woods out there. My dislike is more out of workability or lack of. The grain has always been very dramatic.

Brianbo, Claro is also known as California Black.

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Originally posted by Customstox:
Terry, that is stunning. Claro is one of the wildest looking Neon Sign woods out there. My dislike is more out of workability or lack of. The grain has always been very dramatic.

Brianbo, Claro is also known as California Black.

Well, I've never worked with a piece, but neon sign wood really sums it up. Maybe not for everyone but I like this one.

Terry

Very nice Terry! You done good!

I can't wait to see the metal in them. I think the Claro will look really good when assembled. What are you going to put in it?

Beautiful piece of Claro. As long as it is dense and tight pored, I got no problem with it. I've owned some Turkish and California English that were soft as balsa.

Well done, Terry-

flaco

I have several very nice stocks out of Claro.....nothing unattractive about it at all. Much of it is lighter weight and don't checker well in very fine lines......say finer than 22 LPI.

I personally like course chechering of 16-18 LPI so Claro is really nice for calibers like 25-06, 6.5 X 55 and other light recoiling rifles.

That one is absolutely great.....but a lot of fabulous Claro stocks are available.....just shell out the cash!!!!

I like the one in the middle!

Rick0331, you could but your heavly engraved , gold plated barreled action in the middle one!

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Originally posted by GSP7:
Rick0331, you could but your heavly engraved , gold plated barreled action in the middle one!

That, and I have those really neat Flame decals that would go great on the sides! And maybe top it off with one of the new Leupold scopes in electric green!!!

Over on the small bore rifle thread there is a picture of my custom spring field, it was posted under the picture posted for tj270win, it is an unusual piece of clario looks like maple to some but the picture makes it look more blond than it is, i would love to hear you opinion. Its not as nice as some of this stuff but I rather like it. ...tj3006

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Originally posted by Thomas Jones:
Over on the small bore rifle thread there is a picture of my custom spring field, it was posted under the picture posted for tj270win, it is an unusual piece of clario looks like maple to some but the picture makes it look more blond than it is, i would love to hear you opinion. Its not as nice as some of this stuff but I rather like it. ...tj3006

Thomas,

Good looking rifle...best damned action ever made!!!

Rick , be sure to where that purple silk hunting suit with the ostridge feather cap when you hit the hills.

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Originally posted by TC1:

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Originally posted by Jordan:
TCI:

The stock is gorgeous, but the pattern is real pleasing to the eye too. What is that pattern? What actions will it accomodate. Is your pattern stock for rent?! I am thinking that pattern would look real nice on an HVA commercial mauser I have.

Thanks,


Jordan

The pattern is off an old guild rifle. The owner had an extra pattern for me and I added the cheek piece and a few smaller details. The deal was he gets the pattern back when I'm finished. I'll talk to him and see what he say's, but it's not really mine.

Terry

Terry:

Does your friend carve/profile stocks? I have a nice blank and I really like the looks of that pattern for a small ring HVA Mauser.


Jordan

that is a very nice piece of Claro, the guy I get my wood from calls claro black.

I've never made a stock from Claro, but I have a nice piece, best I can tell it's pretty hard and dense. I typicaly build big bores and have never used claro.

The price is right on some of it too. I if I could find one like in the pic, thats a real nice pice, looks like it was done on a nice pattern too.

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Originally posted by GSP7:
Rick , be sure to where that purple silk hunting suit with the ostridge feather cap when you hit the hills.

That would clash with the electric green scope! Don’t you know anything?

Nice piece of claro!

Here's the last claro I used - rifle is a LH Remington 700 in .300 H&H with 60% coverage engraving.




And here's a shot of it taken just before it was sent off a few months ago to get checkered (still not back yet sadly).

That's one kick-ass sweet piece of Claro!! Sure prettier than any I've ever worked with!

LLS

that is a nice piece of Claro, but I still prefer English. I just like it better. I have soem Claro like you show, and had more and got rid of it a few years ago. I also prefer red headed women. Women and stock blanks are a very persoanl thing, and I will stick with English and the reds!

Also, if you work much from the blank, I promise you will like ENglish better. Scraping barrel channels for full cotnact on CLaro with all of that fiddle drives me crazy! Chiseling, carving, rasping, scraping, spotting in, drawknifing, and hacketing (yes, I use a tomahwak on stock blanks) has been easier and far more enjoyable fo rme with English than any Claro. I have never seen Claro that was not "chippier" and "flakier" than English.

Again, I am not taking anything at all away from this blank. I like it as far as Claro goes. I have had girlfriends (and even an ex-wife) who were not redheads, but man, I sure do prefer the reds!!! Unlike English, wich has always been easier for me to work than CLaro, redheads are usually more difficult to deal with. Different strokes for different folks

My safe will continue to have the majority of rifles stocked in English. This wasn't meant to be a comparison of the two.

Terry

Claven, That's a nice rifle.

That is some great looking wood.

Terry, that stock will hold it's own in any comparison. I have seen Claro that is dense and hard and holds fine checkering. I have rarely seen any that looked better than that one.

lots of guys don't care for claro, but it remains one of my favorites and this piece shows why

Claven2
That is an awsome looking rifle. One of the nicest guns I have seen in a while. I have been doing research on the 300 H&H also and you have me drooling.

As Eddie Murphy said in 'Coming to America'

Sexual Chocolate!!!

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Originally posted by hikerbum:
Claven2
That is an awsome looking rifle. One of the nicest guns I have seen in a while. I have been doing research on the 300 H&H also and you have me drooling.

Here's some more pics of it, since you seem to like it.