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11-11-2021, 10:17 AM
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.44 HE Stag Stocks- Antiqued
I picked up this modified and re-nickeled .44 HE 3rd Model (Wolf & Klar, 1927) for a decent price a few years ago at a local gun show. It was wearing modern magna stocks when I bought it, so I asked Pat Grashorn to fabricate a set of elk stag stocks. Pat always does a great job with stocks, but they just looked a little too white and new for this almost 100-year old revolver. Pat had a couple of suggestions for "aging" the stocks, but mentioned that the methods didn't last very long. I have aged some knife scales in the past using dyes, so I thought that I'd try the same method with these elk stag stocks. Here's the result, and I think they turned out nicely. This was a combination of dabbing on RIT Yellow dye (1:1 with hot water) to get a golden base color, followed by some Fiebing's Pro Walnut dye. Hand buffed, then Ren Wax was applied. Now the stocks look like they've been with the .44 HE for a long time. BTW- I aged those Bowie knife scales with dye some time back, but the Cattaraugus hunting knife has been handed down in my family for 120+ years and it wears its original pinned stag scales.
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11-11-2021, 11:03 AM
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Wow, nicely done. They look just like the knife scales. If you hadn’t told us what you did it would be hard to guess it was done to them.
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11-11-2021, 11:29 AM
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Fabulous looking gun/grips!!
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11-11-2021, 11:47 AM
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Really nice! The 44 HE is a beauty too.
Thanks for sharing.
Ray
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11-11-2021, 11:54 AM
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Nicely done and great pics. Really like the knives.
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11-11-2021, 12:05 PM
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Yoour a Lucky Devil aquiring that barrel lemgth
44 3rd type underlugged Smith !! You can def color me jealous ��!! Even if I like blued vs nickle
I woulda tryed snagging it too.
Congrats on the 44 and the stag stock work !!
Best Randy..
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11-11-2021, 07:35 PM
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I've never been a big fan of stag grips, but I like the way those turned out.
They'll look even better once they get some "hands on" time. 
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11-11-2021, 08:01 PM
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Bravo!
Since they're not stag, it's just what elk antler needs!
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