I should have enclosed a picture of the other side of the stock, The grain flows through to both sides. Cecil Fredi sent me pictures of six blanks. After careful review of each blank Cecil sent ( it was difficult to distinguish the best from the six pictures he sent of six blanks) I selected one that I thought was the best. I then sent Cecil's pics to three close friends that I regularly shoot with (we all shoot doubles) and asked each to pock out what they thought was the best one. To my pleasant surprise, all three friends selected the same blank and had the same reaction as I had - that the differences among the six were so slight that it was very difficult to separate out the best one. I wanted straight grain through the wrist area and lots of burl/flame throughout the butt end.
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