Many beautiful pieces in this thread, but I was really impressed by how on this stock the grain could still be seen through (behind/under I'm no expert here) the wood in the handgrip where the wood has been stippled (? Sorry but again no expert and couldn't remember exactly what that gripping pattern is called on a long gun). That looks amazing to me! Now, I don't spend much time looking at gun stocks, so perhaps it's more common than I think, but I don't recall seeing many stocks where the beauty and pattern of the wood could clearly be seen through the checkering like this one can!