Justin, With the butt profile you have, I would suggest as Dave , that you put a good bit of taper on it . As you can see from the beautiful jaegers the blockier the stock , the more squarish the box lid. I unrestand that you are just "roughing in" now , but Mike Brooks has a good point , 99% of builders , me included , start out making cheekpieces and patchbox lids TOO HUGE!!! When we look at pictures in books ESPECIALLY black and white , they make these features look huge . As Mike stated , when you see some originals in person , it helps bring these things to light. Keep going !!! Nate