Thanks for the comments everyone. It's starting to come together. After checkering and replacing the forend tip, the forend is done, and with a coat of finish on the stock, I can see that it has some nice color and a bit of figure that I can do something with. Trying to replicate original flat top checkering is definitely a challenge.
I'll have to inlet the long tang trigger guard before I can checker the stock. It will be here this week. I'll have to re-shape it to match the other two original long tang straight grip Lefevers I have. I'll blue/brown it for now, maybe rub some off so it doesn't look too new, and then send it out next off season for engraving. I'm not really crazy about the overall dark patina metal, but I don't want it to look like a new gun either. I'll try to freshen it up a bit with some polishing compound and a scotch brite pad, unless someone has a better solution. I'm all ears. Thanks.
