Fun with wood, stock touch up!
1My Finn M39 has a post war stock, in fact it’s a post war configuration. It’s had a few blemishes and since the rifle’s stock is not war time period I decided to do a few minor corrections. Not to hide imperfections, but just repair minor defects in a manner similar to what Finns did. One of the thing I noticed was Finns sanded the stock not with the grain, but perpendicular to it. Since I am working only on a few spots this is important. I’ll post a few pictures as I finish with them. Here’s the first few. The Finns used plugs to repair potential weak spots and didn’t care too much about minor blemishes. Using some birch I matched the grain and fixed a chipped plug. Some minor cracks received some varnish and fine birch sawdust. Dried, light sand, a dab of stain, dried again and pine tar mix for finish. I’ll continue with the pine tar until it’s absorbed a satisfactory amount.