Thread: More advise wanted re finishing a stock

Hey team with all the spare time on my hands I have been left to ponder another project.
I want to refinish the stock on my latest acquisition.



I have stain left over from my latest shield.



So my question is, I understand that elbow grease and sand paper will remove the finish on most of the stock but what about the checkering ?
Or would I be wise to leave the checkering and just stain over it ?

Thanks again