Vintage stock - is this a rescue or possibly making it worse?

[Epicyclic]

Something like this would do the job nicely

https://www.brownells.co.uk/VEINER-L...iner-100048196

and see here for a good guide

https://kurtthegunsmith.com/how-to-r...on-a-gunstock/

Lakey

Great articles there Lakey, thanks.

As Kurt says, " The Riffler file is great for cleaning up old checkering as well as getting into tight spots near the borders. I'll admit that I didn't use one of these the first couple of years that I checkered, but when I finally got one I didn't know how I lived without it. With a little practice it will be a go-to tool in your checkering arsenal. "

We live and learn eh!...