Robert, I'm only interested in seeing Beagle get his Abeille up and running. Or get rid of it and find another one, stock already attached, whichever he chooses to do. If he can (and wants to) make his own stock, then the only investment would be for a good, well-cured walnut stock blank. And perhaps getting it checkered, if he didn't feel that's a job he wanted to take on. When he's done, I hope it looks, feels, and handles like it did with its original stock. And serves him well, and . . . "stings like a bee".
Translation . . . I will certainly be glad to "gist" anything, IF IT'S FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION ON THIS FORUM. I won't promise a complete, word for word translation. I learned my lesson on that when I translated "The Will of the Marechal de Belle-Isle" (an 18th century French general) for the French liaison officer at Ft Leavenworth. Ran to about 30 pages. He then wanted me to translate the French equivalent of the Army Operations Field Manual, which was at least 10 times as long.
And finally, on the "Abeille/Abielle" thing . . . to paraphrase "Star Wars", "Let go your anger, Robert!" Abeille/Abielle, had there been two such similar makers' names, could have been of the same nature as making sure people don't buy a Barker when they're looking for a Parker. Turned out the problem did not really exist. Next issue . . .
