Winter wood working - Presentation is everything

[45flint]

I bought scraps of Hawaiian Koa wood for over a year at a local lumber yard before I retired. Now I have quite a store of master grade curly Koa for small projects. Beautiful wood can add a lot to the presentation of an antique. How often do we close our treasures away to rarely enjoy them?

[Shed tuner]

the U-shaped cutout in the vertical section looks a fraction too high - did you forget to allow for the thickness of the felt liner ?

Only joking That wood looks awesome, and it does present really well. I'd never even heard of it !

[45flint]

the U-shaped cutout in the vertical section looks a fraction too high - did you forget to allow for the thickness of the felt liner ?

Only joking That wood looks awesome, and it does present really well. I'd never even heard of it !

Master Grade Koa one of the prized woods of high end guitars. In Hawaii a curly Koa tree can be worth $250,000.

[Mark D]

I have never wanted a WR pistol ..till now

[45flint]

the U-shaped cutout in the vertical section looks a fraction too high - did you forget to allow for the thickness of the felt liner ?

Only joking That wood looks awesome, and it does present really well. I'd never even heard of it !

Not joking it is about 1/16 inch too high. I hand cut the mortise of the support and lightly hammered it in. It comes out; already shaved 1/16 off, need one more. Yes, these things become obsessions! Lol

[Shed tuner]

Master Grade Koa one of the prized woods of high end guitars. In Hawaii a curly Koa tree can be worth $250,000.

I'm sure you have to wait around 100 years for the tree to mature, but that still looks like a good investment (for the grandchildren) !

[micky2]

What a good display Steve, that off cut wood, would make some great pistol grips.

[Garvin]

Gorgeous wood. Really matches the quality of the WR.

[Lakey]

Very nice presentation, that certainly make the WR pistol a "show stopper" !

I love the grain patterns on that timber. Never heard of that wood before.

Very nice job. Well done !

Lakey

[45flint]

Had to make a rifle stand out of some of my Koa cut offs. This one was an odd cutoff with one side, rough retaining the bark. Crazy figure in the wood. May want to slim down the supports but want to live it with like this for a bit. Supports have curl as well.







Did slim down front support:

[micky2]

I like it with the bark left on, gives it that natural look.

[Gamocfx]

That wood is amazin and the stands are beautiful. Real craftmanship even without the guns on. Like the previous poster just said I haven't heard of the wood before either.

[45flint]

A stand can really help you appreciate the lines on your airguns. Here is a 1953 SKB, just looks very cool. Stand finished added some blocks to the moveable support for stability and trimmed down front support.



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[urx]

Nice presentation of tasty things 8-)

[rapidresponse1]

looks very nice mate