It makes me sad to see this. I think any carving like this on a gunstock is just plain tacky looking.
Obviously Carving has its place on guns like Kentucky rifles and a good amount of early European guns are very nicely done.
Small amounts of carving worked into checkering patterns on the right guns can be nice, but any other sort of relief carving on a butt I can do without.
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B. Dudley
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