Refinished TC Hawken Stock

[Splitear]

So, I finished it up. Thanks to everyone on here that gave me pointers. I removed the originial finish using a citrus stripper. I left in the dents and dings, as they kind of matched what I wanted from this gun and an "antiqued" look. Added a light application of "dark walnut" stain, several coats of tung oil and then finished it off with beeswax paste. To say I'm happy with how it turned out would be an understatement. Above how it looks, the feel of the wood grain in hand is sublime. It totally changed this gun from something ordainary to something special for me.

Here are some before and after photos.

 

[Hatchet Jack]

Looks Great!

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Yes, agreed, that looks great! Oil finished stocks are the best!

If you ever do another one and you have some nice grain lines, to really make them ‘pop’, after staining and then one light oil coat (well dried!), you spray the entire stock with flat black Krylon spray paint. When dry, you buff it off with light Scotch-Brite pads but you leave the black paint in the walnut pores.

It really makes the wood ‘pop’, as shown below! You could not see those grain lines as well without … pretty cool, huh?

 

[yonderin]

Very nice job.

 

[user 31232]

So, I finished it up. Thanks to everyone on here that gave me pointers. I removed the originial finish using a citrus stripper. I left in the dents and dings, as they kind of matched what I wanted from this gun and an "antiqued" look. Added a light application of "dark walnut" stain, several coats of tung oil and then finished it off with beeswax paste. To say I'm happy with how it turned out would be an understatement. Above how it looks, the feel of the wood grain in hand is sublime. It totally changed this gun from something ordainary to something special for me.

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[user 31232]

Surely purely

 

[bronko220002]

very nice.

 

[ETipp]

Looks very good. Congrats to you.