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I finished up this morning on the checkering. With all the rain in the area I decided it was a good day to be inside and get some thing done. Looks to be a week long rain event up until Sunday. The checkering turned out O.K. and I am satisfied. I had a time getting the borders worked out. There was places on the border there was almost no lines to detect. I had to use a needle file to get them where I could get the border tool to have any thing to follow. Luckily I never slipped out and ran the file across the stock out side the pattern. I still may do a complete refinish in the summer on the stock and fore arm. Here is a few pictures. Notice how the border lines at the bottom of the pistol grip are hardly there in places and filled with that hard finish and the checkering in the right lower corner has lines missing and completely filled with finish. This is why I needed to do this job.

Ready to put back on after I dull the diamond in the center from the Tru-oil making it shiny. The tools is what was used for this work. One line at a time.

Back on the rifle.

Another picture at a different angle


So I am happy that checkering is done and now my fingers can have a break. Glad I don't do this for a living.

Looks really good.

Wow, that came out nicely. Good job.

You do good work Sir, It definitely stands out now.

Very nice job, you can definitely be proud of that!

Looks like some skilled craftsmanship there with good results, Bandit.

Don't know if you remember the video I posted in late March under the shotgun Forum here. http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=122 Subject was "Old-World Craftsmanship." Video was from Holland & Holland presenting the many aspects of building a quality shotgun. What impressed me most of all was the woodworking skills needed to create a beautiful stock, especially the checkering.

Glad to see someone still doing that kind of hand-work.
Thanks for posting your project!