masking tape - removing it from walnut stock

[ssgross]

well, for what it's worth - I'm certainly not upset...except that my kids and I pondered all afternoon whether a hotdog should be a sandwich or not. To answer the cheerios one, I made them look up gazpacho - now I'm stuck trying to make it for them.

Like a school teacher writing a question on the board and going home.

You mean I'm not supposed to end all my lectures giving students an open question to think about till next time? Here I've been doing it all these years - the best is when its unsolvable problem. The internet has made it harder to come up with really fun ones anymore.
Supermil brought up an interesting point - is it possible to cleanup wood of all its deep grime etc. without "severely altering" (intentional grey definition) it, and better preserving its condition? There was a deep scratch and gouge showing bright wood when I got that rifle. Patina questions aside, it now looks like the scratch/gouge has been there for a hundred years. I'll continue the conversation over there with pictures in more varied lighting - for now I just thought of a documentary I saw once on the Mona Lisa and how it has been renewed/preserved - they did what to the patina? - yes they removed it without harming the underlying painting.

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[browningautorifle]

You mean I'm not supposed to end all my lectures

Obviously you deliberately misread this. Instead of teaching... I taught for years too.

[ssgross]

deliberately misread this

I did. Just poking the bear...no offense intended. All smiles and pleasant conversation on this end.