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Wow, absolutely gorgeous...... Congrats to buyer.
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No feather crotch in that stock at all. That is known as Curl. The grain layout on this one is perfect. In all regards.
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Sorry about the incorrect nomenclature. Hope I didn’t offend.
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Brian why is this grain layout so "perfect" ? It appears to me that there is substantial vertical grain continuing the entire length of the stock for the most part and through the critical wrist area. I would think that would not be the most desirable grain layout. What am I missing, educate please ???
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If I may Randy - What you're looking at is the waviness that Brian calls Curl but that is not the actual grain of the wood. Look very closely and try not to see the curl but rather look at the longitudinal grain of the wood. Granted it is harder to see with that distracting curl but it's there and about perfect for the wrist.
Double click or triple click on the picture to enlarge it. . .
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Sorry, I did not pay must attention to this thread since yesterday.
That stock is laid out very straight in the wrist and sweeps down into the toe. You cannot ask for better. Curl (or fiddleback as some call it) is the up and down striping that appear PERPENDICULAR to the grain. It is the visual effect of the grain waving (or curling) back and forth ever so slightly. The tighter the waves the tighter the curl or fiddleback figure. curly-wood_5F00_51.jpg curly-wood_5F00_11.jpg
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Perfect examples Brian!
I had a beautiful stock at one time with amazing fiddleback curl but it has gone down the road to better things than sitting in my gun room. We'll see it again soon I hope. In forty-five years of cutting and splitting firewood I have seen some incredible fiddleback, feather-crotch, burl and other variations in all species of hardwoods. .
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