Weihrauch Stock Colour

[KWK]

Just refinished this BSA Stutzen stock. Same beach wood as Weihrauch. Duplicates original finish. I'm better at finishing than taking pictures!

[Hoosier Daddy]

WOW!!
 Nice job Karl!

[KWK]

Thank you, for some reason the sheen only appears in the center of the pictures. I'll try to take better pics later. It's hard to get the light right to prevent glare

[JPSAXNC]

That looks Excellent! Did you strip it down to bare wood?

[Hoosier Daddy]

I'd like to see it assembled when you do.
Love the look of a Stutzen.

[Yogi]

Just refinished this BSA Stutzen stock. Same beach wood as Weihrauch. Duplicates original finish. I'm better at finishing than taking pictures!

Karl,

Great job!  I love the wine color.
But as you know no 2 pieces of wood are the same.  But having refinished a few stocks, I would have no hesitation.  If you think it looks nice now, wait till I am finished...lol

-Y

[Trlillyb]

Beech is not hard to finish— just hard to make it look like walnut or something other than beech!  I agree that the company finish  is pretty good.  Looks decent.  I have seen Maple stocks tinted with a torch to get an unusual finish.  Maple, like beech, often doesn’t stain well.  One option I have used for maple is to use a gel stain.  They are used on fiberglas doors to make them look like wood.  I used gel stain on a hard rock Maple table and it looks good.  Normal oil stains just did nothing-wouldn’t absorb and darken at all.  Good luck. 

[KWK]

To me the worst thing is some factory finishes soak into beech and it's hard to get it sanded out. Especially end grains. That sometimes determines what method I use to refinish

[atriot]

Problem solved, I was able to order a HW35E walnut stock from Krale. All sorted now and looking great!

[brewbear]

Problem solved, I was able to order a HW35E walnut stock from Krale. All sorted now and looking great!

LOL! You took the easy way out! Congratulations!

[tjk]

Problem solved, I was able to order a HW35E walnut stock from Krale. All sorted now and looking great!

I hope you will post pictures of both factory stock and the E walnut stock with the action installed with each. If you don’t mind my asking, what was the price of the walnut stock?