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Eric Krewson:
Just curious, Why did you put the faux striping on the stock? There are alot of treatments for walnut that would have looked much better.

wildman:
I have a .62 fusil in solid walnut,pretty plain looking. I like the stripes and its alot more predictable and less messy than acid.

Eric Krewson:
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, just never seen that done to a nice piece of walnut before.

Not to say it hasn't been done before. Here is an example of it done right;



In looking up some pictures of faux striping I found some, even on originals , that looked like the builder handed a toddler their stock and let them finger paint on it, they were that bad.


I haven't decided which way I will go on my fowler, probably do a test with aqufortis on some scrap wood. My walnut stock has a good bit of curl in the butt that I want to emphasize.

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