Every now and then gun broker will send me an e-mail with links to beautiful "ultra rare, once in a million years only a few made" special edition lever guns and rifles with "factory in the raw" stocks that I always admired the looks of. So after sanding down the gouges on the Boyd's stock, I thought--why not, I'll give it a go.
I was tempted to go wild and do all kinds of detailing, but "keep it simple" (aka rush the fastest solution) won the day. I even considered hand-chequering which I'm sure would look stunning, but it looked way too involved (and a major investment in equipment) so I took the easy way out.