Quote Originally Posted by gtfreight View Post
My next dilemma is, what to do with the stock?

B, Have a go myself and risk making a pigs ear out of it?

Have a go yourself! Get a gentle stripper and various grades of sandpaper and wire wool and strip it back to bare wood then make it as soft and smooth as a babys bum. Repair any damage then you can decide what finish you want to give it. This is one I did earlier, a plain boring beech '35 stock. :








and if I can do it anyone can.

HTH
Ian