[Ideal Tool]

Hello, several years ago, while talking to my custom gunsmith at a gun show, a fellow comes up to table with a stock that looks I swear like a piece of white pine. He said it was off a Browning BAR that was only a few years old. The finish had started to "craze" and peel, as those shiny sprayed on finishes Browning uses tend to do after awhile. He said it had a very striking grain pattern...jet black streaks on a dark background. He told us that was the main reason he bought it, it was so pretty. He had used std. varnish remover & when it was applied, the grain sort of went away..He was wondering if this smith could somehow "bring it back to surface" That is when I heard this for the first time, and have heard it from other stock makers since..It seems Browning, in trying to cut corners, would buy plain wood for stocks, and have the Japanese girls use artist brushes to "paint" grain on those stocks! After the clear-coat was sprayed on, it looked real.