Before and After

[Rich Anderson]

I picked up this little GHE 20 Damascuss several weeks ago. She had 104 years of use but has good screws, dimensions Damascuss bbls ect. After some deliberation I decided she needed a little TLC on the what looked to be a nice piece of wood under 104 years of dirt, and grime.

Here are the befor and after pictures of the stock and forarm.

[Rich Anderson]

My thanks to the old Pollock Dave S. (who says were brothers:whistle:) for his unrelenting help with posting these pictures:banghead:

[Dave Suponski]

Pretty nice chunk of wood on the "Old Girl"and this just goes to show ya if COB can post pictures ANYBODY can.....:rotf: Talk about an exercise in futility...whew....:rolleyes:

[John Rutledge]

Dear COB, how do you restore the wood? Any tips for the rest of us would be really helpful.

John Rutledge

[Frank Cronin]

That came out great!!

[John Dunkle]

WOWOW!!!! That is outstanding!!! Any secrets??? The reason I ask, is tomorrow I'm picking up a GH (DAM) in 16 - 0 frame - and the wood looks EXACTLY like your "before" pics..??

Well done, Sir!!!

:cheers:

JD

[Rich Anderson]

The secret is....pay someone who knows what he is doing:rotf: I posted pics (or to tell the truth somebody did it for me) of a GH 16 0 frame Dam (sound familiar John?) on a thread called the Money Pit. The same guy did both stocks. For me here's the real upside...A) An excellent job, B) turn around time less than a month, C) cost to strip and refinish the wood and recut the checkering $250. IMHO a real bargin.

[Mike Wilkerson]

Great looking wood C.O.B. It's really nice to see these treasures brought back. A 16ga
O frame is a dream gun for me.

[John Dunkle]

The secret is....pay someone who knows what he is doing....

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Well - ain't that the truth!!! :) HAH!!! Anyway - if you would, can you PM me the name of your contact who does such fine work?? My GH, 16 DAM - 0 frame could use a bit of lipstick, and frankly - there is no one in these parts who I can tap on the shoulder to do as good a job as what was done on yours...??

Rich, simply outstanding... You did "good" to bring this old girl back whilst under your care....

JD

[Dean Romig]

It's especially nice to have "good" wood under the grime. That wood is nice enough to be D or even C grade wood - something we don't often see on a G.

A very nice job of bringing out the true character of that wood Rich.

Something that I find is the mark of an outstanding stocker is the fact that he remained true to the original checkering patterns and the contours of the 'nose of the comb'. It is refreshing to see work of this quality.

[Eric Eis]

The secret is....pay someone who knows what he is doing:rotf: I posted pics (or to tell the truth somebody did it for me) of a GH 16 0 frame Dam (sound familiar John?) on a thread called the Money Pit. The same guy did both stocks. For me here's the real upside...A) An excellent job, B) turn around time less than a month, C) cost to strip and refinish the wood and recut the checkering $250. IMHO a real bargin.

You had me worried Anderson... When I saw pictures posted of your G I thought you were getting Tech savy:shock: Glad to know thats not true...
That stock came out great...Be fun to see it in a few weeks at the Lapeer shoot.

[Rich Anderson]

I would like to thank everyone for the positive feedback on this project. When you refinish a gun and give up it's "originality" that sends up a red flag for some who would say "how dare you" and "the collector value is ruined". I don't think I've ruined the value at all, it's a hunting gun and one that will see lots of use this fall in the Grouse woods.

For everyone who has PM'd me regarding getting the contact info let me just say this. I have known this gunsmith for over 25 years and I'm sure he wouldn't mind getting more work BUT he is in Florida fishing and I can't/won't offer his contact information without his prior approval. I have no idea what finish he used but he did give me a jar of it to use as needed:whistle:

[John Rutledge]

COB, could you PM me the name and contacts of the person who did this work.......I have been disappointed with the local resources.

John Rutledge

[Dave Miles]

Pretty nice chunk of wood on the "Old Girl"and this just goes to show ya if COB can post pictures ANYBODY can.....:rotf: Talk about an exercise in futility...whew....:rolleyes:


Wow, you have the patience of a saint Dave.
Glad he knows how to do it now.
Gun looks nice too Richard.
"I posted pics (or to tell the truth somebody did it for me)"
Guess I should have read all post, before I posted.

[Dave Suponski]

Wow, you have the patience of a saint Dave.
Glad he knows how to do it now.


Thanks Dave...Now to look on the bright side...I only will have to walk him through this 10 or 15 more times before he can do it himself......:banghead::rotf:

Oh and by the way....I don,t know where he get's this "brother" crap. If that's true than he should sent some of his overstock of Parkers to his "Younger" brother here in Connecticut.....

[Rich Anderson]

O.P. YOUR the one who mentioned this "brother" thing not me:nono:

Someday I'll get the hang of posting pictures:banghead: but I feel it will be a long and tiedious journey...to bad you don't drink:rotf:

[Eric Eis]

O.P. YOUR the one who mentioned this "brother" thing not me:nono:

Someday I'll get the hang of posting pictures:banghead: but I feel it will be a long and tiedious journey...to bad you don't drink:rotf:

First Rich, you have to figure out how to use the "Camera" :rotf: and then Dave can show you how to post pics (by the way Dave I could use that course too..:shock:) Eric

[Dave Suponski]

Any time Eric. It HAS to be easier than tutoring Anderson...:whistle:

[Rich Anderson]

Nah

[Dave Suponski]

Another guy with one word answers.....:rolleyes:

[Rich Anderson]

Yup:duck:

[Eric Eis]

Any time Eric. It HAS to be easier than tutoring Anderson...:whistle:

I will take you up on that offer and yes I know Anderson can be hard headed isn't that the reason he is called COB?:rotf::rotf::rotf: :corn:

[Rich Anderson]

Soft in the head...maybe but hard headded who me?:nono:

[Rich Anderson]

For everyone who asked about who did this work and in case I missed any of the many PM's here goes.

His name is Kip Wood and he is in Mt. Pleasant, MI. His phone is 989-775-7040 Fax is 989-775-7050 and E-Mail is www.centralmichigangunsmithing.com.