Stock work/recovery

[Bill Holcombe]

Have a DH stock that isn't original but has good checker ing on it, but doesn't have the drop points. I will need to refinish it anyway due to whatever the finish that is on it not being correct, was curious if it would be possible to put the drop points on it?

[Phillip Carr]

I think it depends on the stock. Chris Dawe just completed a stock for me that needed the same exact thing done. Turned out great.

[John Campbell]

If this can be done at all, it must be done by a highly proficient stocker. And the cost of that will not be insignificant.

Unlike metal, it is much more difficult to "add wood" to a stock. For the most part, you must work with what is there.

[Brian Dudley]

If the stock is fat in the cheek area, then it can be done without much trouble. But if not, it is highly unlikely without doing any sort of grafting on of new wood. And then i woikd thinknit difficult to have it look as if it was not done.

It really depends on the gun.

As a side note on your stock, it is interesting that it does not have them. As it has the correct ssbp and stock oval, so it would suggest that it may have been a DH stock originally.

[Bill Holcombe]

thx Brian. I don't have it yet, but have been told it was restocked. Maybe he meant it was refinished, it certainly doesn't look like a parker finish on it.

I think I will actually try my hand at French polish on this one....Was already considering redoing the VH from the tru-oil I did to it last year lol.

[Bill Murphy]

A talented wood person should be able to inlet and shape drop points. If they don't look right, do it again.

[John E. Williams]

I've see a couple now that were added using ivory, of all things! It certainly didn't look original but was so odd as to be, well, kinda interesting. The examples I saw must've been rather old because the ivory appeared genuine and the finish of the wood appeared to have quite a bit of mileage on it.

[Brian Dudley]

Lefever and some other makers used horn for drop points.

[John E. Williams]

Lefever and some other makers used horn for drop points.

I haven't ran across any of those Brian, but I'll be keeping an eye out for them in the future. Both of the examples I was referring to were Parkers and I assumed those points to be "aftermarket" additions.