Checkering: A Book of Checkering for Beginners (Mays Sherman L.)(Paperback)

This book is designed to be the ideal teaching tool for any novice who wants to learn the art of gunstock chekering.Sherman L. Mays has over forty years of stock work under his belt. He has taught people to checker in person, so he understands what you need to see and learn to become an accomplished artisan. First he tells you what tools you will need, not only for checkering but for holding the work for best results.Stockmaker Jerry Fisher said, "The stock is unfinished until its checkered." You should learn to checker gunstocks so that noone is ever allowed to finish your work. Once you learn to checker; a stock without this final touch will seem naked to your eyes. Checkering improves a plain wood stock, but is is a true enhancment to high grade wood.If you have nobody to mentor you in checking, thats OK, because Sherman's easy comfortable voice comes through
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