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My ebony inlay is finished, payment has been made, and it is to be shipped back to me, starting tomorrow morning. From the pictures, I am excited. It appears to be exactly what I wanted.

Will post pictures when it arrives.

That really looks nice.

I'll be checking here for photos every morning!

I may have to get my Dickinson done as well.

Love that idea

I''ve had my stocker do something similar Stan and could not have been happier with the result. Looks very similar to what fallcreek has done. Only difference is I used horn, not ebony. That was more due to the fact that I had the horn laying about and I didn't have any ebony.

As promised a few weeks ago, I am ready to post pics of the forend inlay that I had done on my Dickinson Estate .410. I've had it back for several weeks but wanted to do a refinish on the wood before posting the pic(s).

I cannot express how pleased I am with the job Mark Larson did for me. He was extremely easy to work with and knocked it out of the park, IMHO. I requested ebony and did not specify jet black ebony (Gaboon?). I'm glad now that I didn't, even though I did have black in mind.

There will be "before" forend pics and an after. I drew roughly what I wanted it to be shaped like on the wood itself with a "lead" pencil, but asked him to use his artistic talents to fine tune the size and shape, and of course, symmetry. Being a Libra, I'm pretty anal about symmetry.

I just finished up the refinish on the wood a couple days ago. It consisted of three applications of the 1:1 Tung Oil and Marine Spar Varnish + mineral spirits + Japan drier sanded in with 320 grit wet-and-dry, one application sanded in with 400, and one with 600. Then, four applications of the 2:1 finish itself diluted with mineral spirits, then softly wiped off with a clean, soft flannel cloth. It bears small resemblance to the wood finish it carried when I bought it new.

Before . . .



After the sketch I did . . .



The finished (pun intended) product . . .



And, the buttstock after the refinish . . .

Beautiful work! The inlay works very well, and the refinish is quite the improvement!
Karl

Stan that looks great.

The one Chris Dawe did for me was on a nice little German 16 ga and he made it very long and thin. I love how different it is from the usual insert, like yours.

I’ll get a pic tomorrow and add it to my post.

Stan,

in addition to the ebony inlay it looks like he also reshaped the forend to be more tapered than the original shape and I like the new shape much better. I also really like the color and grain of the inlay.

I very much agree, Bob. I am so glad I sent it to Mark instead of tackling the job myself. His artistic eye and abilities are evident here.

I think it will look better with a dark brown pigskin leather covered pad, rather than a black one, now. When I was sort of expecting to see a black inlay I was leaning towards a black pad, but I now think dark brown would complement the inlay, and the wood, better.

A recoil pad isn't necessary for recoil reduction, obviously, on a .410. But, I need an extra 1/2" to 5/8" LOP, and I'm tiring of using the Kick Killer lace-on on this gun. It works, but the wood is just too nice to cover up.