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Gun Stock Carving

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(from Lumberjocks.com)


Gun Stock CarvingI picked up this cap and ball shooter at a gun store cheap for $50. It's a kit gun and would make a nice toy to try my carving on. I designed all the details myself using reference pics from architectural carving magazines. (I already do architectural carvings so I had the ref mags already.) But I looked at the lines on the gun and tried to fit designs that would highlight the shape of the gun. I was able to fill in surfaces with nice designs but not everywhere.I got to a point where it sat for many months while I had paying jobs to do. Plus it had to sit for a spell while I figured out more details to fill in the blank spots. I picked it back up tonight thinking that if I keep it where I can see it everyday, some new details will come to me. Well at dinner tonight the ideas came and I took it to the shop and finished it off. The carving is done and a stain was applied. I believe the wood is elm and I put on a coat of Minwax English Chestnut. It looks real nice now.The next question is how to finish the finish. I searched on line and all they use is boiled linseed oils and similar. But I can't use that stuff because that oil will get into all those tiny crevices and never dry. I'm also thinking I should antique it some with a quick 'apply and wipe off' application of a dark walnut stain.I think I gotta think some more.



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