Ugly checkering

[Mills Morrison]

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?

[Dean Romig]

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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[charlie cleveland]

i ve just seen my first one of this type checkering...charlie

[Mills Morrison]

There was a VH with the same style on Gunbroker for years. Sure is ugly

[Gerald McPherson]

Yes I have and it gets uglier.

[Brian Dudley]

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.

[Mills Morrison]

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.

[Dean Romig]

I have seen similarly stippled stocks on old German guns.





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