[Jeff Higgins]

The stock is now finish shaped and sanded, ready for the aqua fortis treatment that will bring out the tiger striping. The biggest challenges were shaping the flats for the lock mortise and the opposite side of the stock, and shaping the cheek piece. I'm pretty happy with how all three turned out.







A few of the metal parts are now polished, and I'm even starting to rust brown a couple of them just to see how the process works.