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Unread 04-09-2020, 10:57 AM   #1
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I noticed this old Parker lifter with this particularly ugly checkering pattern on the wrist. I have seen a few others with the same style and was wondering how or why this was done. Does anyone have any insight?
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I have seen only one other with that crude (and ugly) stippling.

You can bet it was never done at Meriden.





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i ve just seen my first one of this type checkering...charlie
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There was a VH with the same style on Gunbroker for years. Sure is ugly
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Yes I have and it gets uglier.
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Well, it isnt exactly “checkering”. It is stippling.
I have seen it before on various types of firearms. It never looks good on any vintage stock, period. But I could see it having a place in some arenas. It is traditionally used when carving is done on a stock. It serves and a buffer between the carved work and other checkering or the smooth wood.

I have had some inquiries over the years from people who want stippling done on some gun or another. I tell them that I dont do it and it is a practice reserved for those you are unable to checker.
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Well, it isnt exactly “checkering”. It is stippling.
I have seen it before on various types of firearms. It never looks good on any vintage stock, period. But I could see it having a place in some arenas. It is traditionally used when carving is done on a stock. It serves and a buffer between the carved work and other checkering or the smooth wood.

I have had some inquiries over the years from people who want stippling done on some gun or another. I tell them that I dont do it and it is a practice reserved for those you are unable to checker.
Interesting and I can kind of see it on a pistol or synthetic stock or something.
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I have seen similarly stippled stocks on old German guns.





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