One other thing I didn't mention was that I have done several chipped off heel and toe sections. I carefully waxed the wood right up to the butt plate, then wrapped several layers of wide masking tape around the bottom or top of the stock as needed. Keep it perfectly level on the stock and use enough layers to form a relatively stiff form. Then fill the form to the proper level, using a tooth pick or similar to completely fill it. When dry, romove the tape and put masking tape around the stock wood for protection. Then sand the toe or heel to shape and sand/polish the new section (or the whole thing if needed) with progressively finer paper, down to 1200 or so. A final polish and a coat of TruOil if desired, and you should have a restored original.
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