Hash Marks on VHE Beavertail Checkering

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Craig Budgeon

Thomas your gun needs the comb flatten/ straightened, the front of the comb @ the wrist needs to be reshaped to duplicate Parker manufacture, the Sunburst pad replaced, a complete refinish, and those hideous scares removed from the BTF. By making replacement wood dowels that closely match the forend wood and milling grooves with a ball endmill and a little Testors enamel you can have a near perfect repair. This is no original idea but rather utilizing the repairs others have employed. I have witnessed plugs in 2 high grade Lefevers becoming lose after stripping the wood. Also Rich Beyer in his L.C. Smith book relates a story of the gunmakers in Fulton presented a gun to a customer that had 10 plugs in it and the customer thought it to be perfect.

Craig, where are you seeing the buttstock to make these recommendations? In the photos I just see the forend and I would not call the two marks "Hidious" and I would not recommend the repair that you suggested, I think Mark Larson would be a much better idea