Before and After

C.O.B. · 03-25-2011, 06:15 PM

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.

C.O.B. · 03-25-2011, 06:26 PM

My thanks to the old Pollock Dave S. (who says were brothers

) for his unrelenting help with posting these pictures

Autumn Daze · 03-25-2011, 06:33 PM

Pretty nice chunk of wood on the "Old Girl"and this just goes to show ya if COB can post pictures ANYBODY can.....

Talk about an exercise in futility...whew....

Dave Miles · 03-27-2011, 06:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.....

Talk about an exercise in futility...whew....

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.

Autumn Daze · 03-27-2011, 09:16 AM

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......

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.....

C.O.B. · 03-27-2011, 08:08 PM

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

Someday I'll get the hang of posting pictures

but I feel it will be a long and tiedious journey...to bad you don't drink

John Rutledge · 03-25-2011, 06:35 PM

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

John Rutledge

StubTwist · 03-25-2011, 06:56 PM

That came out great!!

John D. · 03-25-2011, 07:12 PM

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!!!

JD

C.O.B. · 03-25-2011, 07:47 PM

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

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.