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SKB is correct.
If you know the name Mike Orlen he routinely bends stocks. I've talked to him and he has always said Black Walnut bends poorly. All the thin shell walnuts bend better as long as the grain flow is good at the wrist. Dan Rossiter the lead stockmaker at G&H bends stocks as well. Some take the bend and some spring back. There is a specific temperature the stock hits where they will bend with fingertrip pressure and once the bend is where you want then you lock them down in the vise and let them cool overnight. It is not without drawbacks. I have had 3 bent and one did break and is in the process of being restocked now. One had to be rebent a second time because of springback.
PS. I've watched folks do it with heat lamps. I find it quite an interesting process.
Thank you for your insights tut. I'll take them for what they are worth.
However, Princess SKB wasn't the only one who was unable to see the glaring differences between Crying Bob Cash's blank of feather crotch black Walnut, and his finished stock made from a totally different blank of thin shell Walnut.
You couldn't tell the difference either. And when Crying Bob finally learned the truth from his stocmaker that he had switched blanks, he admitted he had been wrong. But you did not admit you were wrong... after weighing in with your " Walnut expertise" multiple times.
You also admitted that an expensive blank you bought had such poor layout that your stockmaker cut it up into pieces. And you also learned the hard way that stock bending can result in a broken stock. Want to tell us who eats the cost of repair or replacement?
And I'll bet two dollars this triggers another retarded estrogen fueled off-topic comment from a myopic little busy-body who can't even tell the difference between Red states and Blue states.
