This is for a lyman great plains kit. I've worked with black walnut before and some plain old walnut. Never worked with any quite as light as this english walnut though.
The finished lymans they had behind the counter were all finished really dark. Looked nice, but I kind of like the lighter finishes they had on some of the other guns.
Can the english walnut be stained to get that deep red color, or would I have to have a maple or cherry stock to end up with that?
Any suggestions for a color of stain?
Also, I'm not real concerned with making a really accurate replica or period peice. But would checkering be appropriate for a rifle like this? Not even sure where on the rifle or what kind of pattern I would use, but I saw some on a gun on trackofthewolf.com and it was kind of neat.
Thanks
The finished lymans they had behind the counter were all finished really dark. Looked nice, but I kind of like the lighter finishes they had on some of the other guns.
Can the english walnut be stained to get that deep red color, or would I have to have a maple or cherry stock to end up with that?
Any suggestions for a color of stain?
Also, I'm not real concerned with making a really accurate replica or period peice. But would checkering be appropriate for a rifle like this? Not even sure where on the rifle or what kind of pattern I would use, but I saw some on a gun on trackofthewolf.com and it was kind of neat.
Thanks