Curious of the respective thoughts on what type sawing yields the best strength/beauty etc. I have had a few guns stocked over the years and have always avoided anything but Quartersawn, but it seems if one wants to see more smoke/marble cake in the mineral streaking then Slab shows a lot more. I've always been more concerned about layout/strength in the wrist area and felt quartersawn provided more strength in that area.

Lastly, back in the glory days of double making it seems like no guns were stocked with slab sawn wood, am I correct or off base on thinking that?

Last edited by tut; 01/20/18 08:53 AM.
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