Getting back to checkering. I spoke to David Trevallian about this business of flat top checkering. He told me that he has a checkering tool from Purdeys,handed down through the ages that cut the two lines on either side of the checker. The tool was made from the metal spines used in umbrella tops,and was purchased from umbrella makers,then cut,bent,and sharpened for use. Hopefully David will get help and post some pictures he has on hand to illustrate all we've been chatting about.
It seems that in all this discussion I didn't realise that flat top checkering could be done as fine as diamond and it made me think that I have not been looking at guns close enough and paying enough attention to the different techniques.
Justin
