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Kudos to you Mr .Mann,it takes alot and says alot about you to comment on this , but while being no expert mind you I really think this can be fixed ,it would take total removal of whats there and perhaps a little filing of the tang ,but not necessarily so ...hard to say without having it in hand .

I don't think all is lost by no means ,it sounds like you both are reasonable people and can come to an agreement...I've done some checkering and it takes total concentration on our part and mistakes can and will happen to the best of us ...and Doug ,I'm still a big fan !

Jack Belk used to say, "Checkering is the last best way to (*M)uck up your stock".

I agree, kudos to Mr Mann for speaking up, and hopefully the two parties can work it out.
Best,
Craig

And I thought I was the only one to ever foul up a checkering job. Silly me! I have to confess I have scrubbed the checkering off of several stocks, and started all over. I've tried all sorts of things to try to redeem a job, including recessing the checkering. Has anyone seen a recessed point pattern? Well, I have done it.

Jim: Can an oval be inletted just under the tang to cover the point and 'maybe' hide the off-centering of the boarders as well - at least for some portion? From the photo it's hard tell how far off center things are 3/4" - 1" down from the tang? You could even put your initials, crest etc. on it.
I think a lot of originals had errors and they were well hidden - like checkering on escussions on percussion keys.
Rick

That thought occurred to me too- inletting an escutcheon into the wrist to hide the "Oops!"

With all of that aside, Jim, could you tell us a little more about the double? Shotgun or rifle? Other info? It looks to be in beautiful condition.

Cut out the effected areas in the checkering pattern and level them. Then fill them with pieces of wood veneer glued in place. Matching as close as possible the color and grain.
All the veneer will be inside the new ch'xg pattern to be cut so any cover-up, faux-grain and coloring will be easy to accomplish.

Layout a new correct pattern to include the veneer inlays be right to the edges of the pattern so borders or edge lines will cover them easily. Cross cut inlays can be fitted at the cut of a line of checkering to hide them.
No changes in metal work are needed nor any to surrounding wood work. Just filling in what's there that you don't like,,recutting it in a proper shape that you do like,,and then blending in the new checkering to match in color, grain, streaking, ect.

I think I sanded off more of my checkering than I ever let out the door. As far as recessing a multi point pattern, I used to recess about all my checkering. Gave me a solid wall to stop the tool before I over ran the pattern. Chewed up a bunch of edges, though. I was never very good at checkering and soon found out how cheaply Cathy works!

Before you fellows offer more repair strategies you might reread Jim's initial post.
"There is no real �fix� to the problem short of restocking the gun�" I would agree.

This was a custom project I'm quite sure Jim had a couple of hundred hours into and I would simply consider "ruint"� If you search his previous posts you might get an inkling of his investment in this particular rifle project.

If I were the checkerer I might be trying to buy that stock out of circulation�