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I love the stool. No chance I would even consider changing it into a gunstock. Leave it just like it is.

Firewood is indeed the first thing that comes to mind. But there might be enough sound wood for a set of handgun grips, some pen blanks, or knife scales. Then there's always the walnut scrap box, which you keep in case you need a small piece to use for a stock repair.

On the bright side, it is easy to see the direction of grain flow through the wrist section. Just follow the deep checks and cracks. Flip it over and fill the checks with clear epoxy, and you might be able to make a stock with extreme drop like this Lefever. Until this, I don't think I have ever seen a gun with stock dimensions suitable for a giraffe. I wish I knew the story behind it:



I do like the old burl wood bench that damascus showed us.

Many tree slab cutters do the pressure injected resin technique to stabilize big table slabs.
It follows bug runs, cracks unseen,crevices,worm holes, etc.

I’ve seen some videos where it was done by vacuum and also by gravity.

A highly figured blank might really respond to the treatment.

I’d impregnate it with ebony black resin and see how it shaped up before I discarded it.

Partly out of curiousity, and partly because synthetic and semi synthetic stocks are much more acceptable today.