http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSqSycPaw08
What a little rutine can doo

Those don't look like cheap stocks either. Adam

If i did it that way i't would look like a pile of crap.

I want to know where she gets the checkering tools?
And changing lines as she goes Holly crap!!!

I went back and watched it a few more times I just can't believe it.

Thank good she is not a AGG member
What an ignorance, and she don't even concentrate on her job, standing and jabbing instead of slowing down. Think what that kind of thing can doo to the illution about checkering lasting days

thats from being paid by the part not the hour

Looks like a Spanish or Italian operation. Firstly that stock looks like it has a very tough synthetic finish and it would be very hard to checker (like a Browning A-Bolt finish). She also looks like she is very practced at what she is doing - high volume repetitive work and certainly not bespoke custom work.

That's why production guns have big fat borders.

That's scary!

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Originally posted by jørgen:
Thank good she is not a AGG member
What an ignorance, and she don't even concentrate on her job, standing and jabbing instead of slowing down. Think what that kind of thing can doo to the illution about checkering lasting days

There are thoze that take days to do a superb job of checkering,..and those that take days to do a lesser job-but no better, than what she achieves in a few minutes....

that aside, she definitely appears to have the technical skills-credentials, to make the grade as an ACGG member....

The scary thing is it's all done by hand no power tool, no lay out tape, all eyeballed, she doesn't slow down to pick up the next line.

Say what you will about the wide border. But she can kick some butt.
And She's Italian I recognize the language. I had an Italian mother in law.

Personally, I think any checkering/carving is a defacement of a fine stick of wood. A properly designed stock should never slip out of the hand no matter if wet or otherwise. I've hunted over 40 years with un-checkered stocks in all types of weather and never had a case of slippage with any rifle. If you are paying big bucks for good wood, why screw it up?

Wood without checkering is fine, HG wood with poorly executed checkering is shameful & offensive.

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Originally posted by Bobster:
Personally, I think any checkering/carving is a defacement of a fine stick of wood. A properly designed stock should never slip out of the hand no matter if wet or otherwise. I've hunted over 40 years with un-checkered stocks in all types of weather and never had a case of slippage with any rifle. If you are paying big bucks for good wood, why screw it up?

I have to disagree.

If the checkering fits with the lines of the stock, is not detracting of the wood it is fine.

There are many patterns out there that are just god awful looking a gaudy. There are also some very fine examples of relief checkering with a fleur de lis pattern. I can think of a few That Sterling Davenport has done and are quite beautiful and complementary to the stock.

That said we all have our own preferences and our own tastes to each his own.

I have heard that in older days there in Riihimäki, SAKO factory was that kind of skilled women too. They made tens of checkerings per day.

I wish we could see the end product, that would tell the whole story. On some of my rifles I'd like them checkered but they're 3-500 dollar rifles, not 1500-15000 rifles, I'd rather have somebody like her do a good job at a good price then pay 250 bucks to add not a dollar of value to a rifle I plan to just hunt with.

each their own of course, but rifles always look better with good checkering.

Red

I wonder if she's married...how many chances do you get at an Italian cook that can checker?

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Originally posted by tiggertate:
I wonder if she's married...how many chances do you get at an Italian cook that can checker?

And as fast as she was going damn strong too. You might get in a fight with her and find yourself with your bell rung

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Originally posted by Bobster:
Personally, I think any checkering/carving is a defacement of a fine stick of wood. A properly designed stock should never slip out of the hand no matter if wet or otherwise. I've hunted over 40 years with un-checkered stocks in all types of weather and never had a case of slippage with any rifle. If you are paying big bucks for good wood, why screw it up?

I have nothing against a nice checkering job. But the purpose of a dress tie is just that, it doesn't keep your neck warm.

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Originally posted by Dago Red:
I wish we could see the end product, that would tell the whole story.

each their own of course, but rifles always look better with good checkering.

Red

Agreed on both points.


Terry

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Originally posted by kcstott:

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Originally posted by tiggertate:
I wonder if she's married...how many chances do you get at an Italian cook that can checker?

And as fast as she was going damn strong too. You might get in a fight with her and find yourself with your bell rung

Not to worry; I like a woman with a strong grip!

I saw her nails and knew all I needed to know about her. She knows what she's doing.

Kimber rifles have very good hand cut checkering.....none of it done in the USA

I can't even sand my stocks that fast...

I really like well done, tastefully patterned checkering even on the finest wood...particularly on dark streaked blonde wood such as some high grade English.

I have known a few custom stockmakers who claimed they didn't like checkering on good wood, but generally I found they weren't very good at checkering. Or, like one you would all know if I mentioned his name, he didn't (and still doesn't) know how to checker at all.

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Originally posted by Bobster:
Personally, I think any checkering/carving is a defacement of a fine stick of wood.

How about the use of deck tape?

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Originally posted by Westpac:

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Originally posted by Bobster:
Personally, I think any checkering/carving is a defacement of a fine stick of wood.

How about the use of deck tape?

Not on a laminate....grip tape rules on them