The Final Touch - A Complete Course in Gunstock Checkering

This book will prepare the student for all aspects of the learning process - beginning with the basics, such as lighting,cradle design, selecting the proper tools, and all the other steps that lay the groundwork for a successful outcome before he ever picks up a tool. Everything is covered, starting with the design and layout of checkering patterns, both point patterns and Fleur-de-Lis. This book guides the student through each step in proper order of completion, thus avoiding the confusion that has always been a part of learning to checker.

• 135 Gunstock Carving Patterns
• Checkering & Carving of Gunstocks
• Professional Stockmaking: Through the Eyes of a Stockmaker
• Gunstock Carving: The Most Complete Guide to Carving and Engraving Gunstocks
• Colour Case Hardening of Firearms--Principles and Practices
• Photography Basics for Gunmakers, Engravers, and Collectors And How to Design and Set up Your Portable Workshop Studio
• Gunstock Carving: Power Techniques
• Excel Blades 3 Piece Pounce Wheel Set, American Made Serrated Tracing Wheel, Perforator and Embossing Tool
• Birchwood Casey True-Oil Gun Stock Finish 8-Ounce Liquid
• Gun Craft: Fine Guns and Gunmakers in the 21st Century