Thread: wood and leather

A while back I had a Savage 20g/22 mag dropped in for a refurbish so after a strip down I reshaped the wrist and grip, added a grip cap, re set the off center butt plate, thinned down the forestock and added a forend tip. There was a going over with some walnut dye as the customer wanted a darker finish and then multi coats of stock finishing oil.
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With that done a side of espresso cow leather was ordered in for the required leather carry bag, and after a bit of time working on patterns I have everything cut out and readdy for assembly although I have to wait for a couple of buckles so cant proceed much further untill they arrive as they need to be attached to the pouch before that is sewn on and that needs to be done before the bag is sewn together but I have knives to do to keep me busy untill they arrive.



Note the cat on my rocking chair at the head of the table. I have the chair untill I finish breakfast and he has it for the rest of the day.