Thread: Stock carving?

Wolf Nader, a long retired gunsmith (he trained in Germany) used to do this sort of carving. Done right it can be very nice, I once had one of his replica Ferguson breech loading flintlocks with just a tiny amount of carving on the pistol grip and fore-end, it avoided the cuckoo clock effect that so many of these projects get too.

More can be less, and great care is required in developing the commission. I have one of @FRST 's laser engraved rifles and its extremely well done, practical and tasteful.

For what its worth, I consider some of the rifles carved by Maori artists in their style to be wonderful examples of heavy or deep relief carving, with better execution and design than most european efforts.