As for grain flow, the blank in the photo has perfect grain through the wrist and needs no special treatment to compensate for weakness. To repeat myself a bit, the finished stock is a different color and has lots of figure where the blank is plain. Furthermore, the figured parts of both pieces have different shapes and sizes, and the crotch grain patterns aren't very close to one another. I'll venture a guess and say the finished stock is claro walnut.

Last edited by rocky mtn bill; 12/09/19 07:39 PM.
Bill Ferguson