Thread: "Too pretty to use"

I’ve been looking a blanks for stock work coming up, and there is some really amazing walnut to be had out there. The blanks in this photo range from $1800 to $2000 USD!



As beautiful as they are, they are safe from my chisel. I’m not sure I could find many blokes in this country that would happily for out that money for the raw materials to begin a stock. This next photo is of a blank that is going to go on a model 7, much more appropriate for a NZ hunting rifle. It will still end up a classy bit of kit, and at $285 NZD for the blank, a lot easier to justify taking out and getting wet and dirty.

Originally Posted by Hunter_Nick

I’ve been looking a blanks for stock work coming up, and there is some really amazing walnut to be had out there. The blanks in this photo range from $1800 to $2000 USD!

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As beautiful as they are, they are safe from my chisel. I’m not sure I could find many blokes in this country that would happily for out that money for the raw materials to begin a stock. This next photo is of a blank that is going to go on a model 7, much more appropriate for a NZ hunting rifle. It will still end up a classy bit of kit, and at $285 NZD for the blank, a lot easier to justify taking out and getting wet and dirty.
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Man the butt on the last blank (218) looks like one I sold to R93 a while back , haven’t seen him on here for ages , you didn’t buy it from him by chance ?

Originally Posted by Lucky

Man the butt on the last blank (218) looks like one I sold to R93 a while back , haven’t seen him on here for ages , you didn’t buy it from him by chance ?

No mate, I bought that one direct from Brian Kerr in Blenheim.

Originally Posted by Hunter_Nick

No mate, I bought that one direct from Brian Kerr in Blenheim.

Ahh , i got mine of Brian as well , I bet it was from the same slab