Author Topic: Decorative line along bottom of the butt stock.  (Read 3201 times)

LehighBrad

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Decorative line along bottom of the butt stock.
« on: April 28, 2011, 12:27:54 AM »
Can anyone tell me?? The incised molding lines that run along the bottom edge of the butt stock on a Lehigh style rifle....do they end on each side of the stock at the back of the trigger guard? In other words...where the slight radius is under the trigger guard at the wrist area. Do these decorative lines just fade off once reaching the slightly radiused area or are they actually carved around the front of the back inlet on the guard and connect together at that point?? Of all the Lehigh pictures I've seen...I've never got a close look at this area. I've made a stock scrape tool to do this line but I think it'll only work if I make the lines just fade off and terminate once they reach the rear inlet of the guard.

Offline Tom Currie

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Re: Decorative line along bottom of the butt stock.
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2011, 12:43:15 AM »
Most Lehighs seem to have the buttstock molding just terminate or fade out near the trigger guard. There are rare expections however that do join in a decorative design under the guard.  A design usually more common on bucks county rifles.

A highly decorated Lehigh remnant that Eric Kettenburg has on his website has this carving feature.

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Re: Decorative line along bottom of the butt stock.
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2011, 04:38:41 PM »
Can anyone tell me?? The incised molding lines that run along the bottom edge of the butt stock on a Lehigh style rifle....do they end on each side of the stock at the back of the trigger guard? In other words...where the slight radius is under the trigger guard at the wrist area. Do these decorative lines just fade off once reaching the slightly radiused area or are they actually carved around the front of the back inlet on the guard and connect together at that point?? Of all the Lehigh pictures I've seen...I've never got a close look at this area. I've made a stock scrape tool to do this line but I think it'll only work if I make the lines just fade off and terminate once they reach the rear inlet of the guard.

You need to buy the KRAs DVD with all the Lehigh rifles.
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Re: Decorative line along bottom of the butt stock.
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2011, 07:02:01 PM »
I agree with Dan on this, if you're going to build a Lehigh, get that CD!

In fact get it even if you're not going to build a Lehigh.

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