Replacing POF Furniture or Too Much Time On My Hands

[krinko]

The original wood on this POF No4 Mk2 had lost one of the draws and begun to delaminate---for want of a better word.
This species of Walnut seems to want to split into "feathers"---multiple grain separations very close together and starting from a thin edge, so repair is about impossible.
I'm glad European and North American Walnut doesn't do the same.
Not sure you can see the feathers in this version of the photo, but here it is.


If you have seen the Pakistani replacement wood, you know how much extra meat there is on the handguards top and bottom.
Here's the rifle with forestock and handguards fitted, bands installed.


The front handguard is almost cut to shape but needs final forming and smoothing. The original handguards on this rifle seem to have been shaped very crudely and had flat draw-knife cuts all over---a stark contrast to the smooth black finish on the pieces before fitting. It takes a little time to do this right.


After forming and smoothing, the wood will get dyed to match the darkest piece and then a nice BLO finish.
The implements of destruction.

More later.
-----krinko

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