A name not previously mentioned is that of HAL HARTLEY from Lenoir, North Carolina. Hal was a stockmaker specializing in hard maple -- both birdseye and fiddleback; usually with a sharply contrasting "SUIGI" blowtorch finish. His checkering almost always included ribbons. I don't think he did much/any metalwork, but his fancy maple stocks were featured every year in Gun Digest during the 1950's and 1960's.

Jerry Goldstein