Carving feedback Please

   Hello Everyone,
   I like this site. Here's a poorly done No4 Mk1 sporter I just finished. My brother in law, RIP, cut it down for weight reasons. My sister thought I might give it a better home so it came too me. I started to buy new wood and restore it, but since I carve gunstocks for others, I thought I'd give this one a new look. 
   I would welcome your input good or bad. Because I intend to do more "MonteCarlo" style stocks right away and I need to know if I could find a market. Sorry about the Pics quailty, my camera is not the best.                                                           

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Hamrick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 31 January 2010 Location: West Virginia Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hamrick Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Carving feedback Please Posted: 31 January 2010 at 6:02am
	Hello Everyone, I like this site. Here's a poorly done No4 Mk1 sporter I just finished. My brother in law, RIP, cut it down for weight reasons. My sister thought I might give it a better home so it came too me. I started to buy new wood and restore it, but since I carve gunstocks for others, I thought I'd give this one a new look. I would welcome your input good or bad. Because I intend to do more "MonteCarlo" style stocks right away and I need to know if I could find a market. Sorry about the Pics quailty, my camera is not the best.

oldbikewrench Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 November 2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 705	Post Options Post Reply Quote oldbikewrench Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 January 2010 at 7:37am
	WOW!!! That is incredible and beautiful!. My wife thinks it's nice too. I do believe your work is marketable. My rifles are plain janey types because they are in the woods/truck a lot. So I do not have fancy rifles (I'd be to concerned I'd ruin them).
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Tony Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Moderator Joined: 18 April 2006 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2251	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tony Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 January 2010 at 12:11pm
	Thats brilliant carving how long did it take to do it?
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Hamrick Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 31 January 2010 Location: West Virginia Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hamrick Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 January 2010 at 3:41pm
	Thanks Guys, I'm not really sure how many hours I have in this rifle, as I have done two others between picking this one up and finishing it. Best guess would be just over 100 hours. The others I have done haven't taken half that long because they weren't as ornate....and this wood is for sale. It's a No4 Mk1 rifle.

Schmidlin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 January 2009 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 177	Post Options Post Reply Quote Schmidlin Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 January 2010 at 6:30pm
	wow. seriously thats just amazing. really you should look into spreading the word on what you do and making some money off it. seriously wow.

ArcherSix Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 05 March 2009 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 82	Post Options Post Reply Quote ArcherSix Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 January 2010 at 7:27pm
	Stock carving is not my thing, but your work looks really nice. Very well executed.

LE Owner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 December 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 370	Post Options Post Reply Quote LE Owner Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 31 January 2010 at 7:43pm
	You have a high level of skill, my only criticizm would be that the scale of the representations is a bit larger than I'd want, too much coverage compared to the content. Scaled back to about 80% would be more pleasant to the eye.

A square 10 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 December 2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1346	Post Options Post Reply Quote A square 10 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 February 2010 at 10:43am
	very impressive work , great detail and nice layout , in general im a plain sort , but i appreciate great workmanship and will readily admitt to not one iota of tallent in this area ,

Hatchetman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 September 2006 Location: Sydney 'strayla Online Status: Offline Posts: 1273	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hatchetman Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 February 2010 at 3:25am
	Personally I prefer plain and practical, I am not really one for excess, but that my friend is some nice work. If that was my rifle I would be afraid to take it out bush.
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