In spite of my self-known lack of inletting skill, I am planning to tackle a Jaeger (probably winter '23-'24) with the fancy buttplate. I have read about inletting this style buttplate and watched videos of other style buttplate inletting until my brain cannot absorb much more, and I am still not seeing the 3D of what is taking place. So many descriptions show a buttplate sitting on raw squared or partially shaped stock, then one picture kind of roughed in then maybe one a little more, then SHAZAM (no copyright infringement to the new movie intended) a beautiful completely inlaid buttplate with no gaps.
What I would love to see would be the stock under this perfectly fit buttplate. That is, once perfect, take the buttplate off and get some good clear pictures showing the wood fit along the edges. It is semi-clear in my mind that there must be a straight vertical, or maybe beveled back/under wood contact along the irregular acanthus leafy comb which then must at a point or in short transition switch to an across the butt flat through the curve and down the rear of the buttplate. I think seeing for sure what the end result wood is supposed to look like would help with this process.
I read often where folks say it is very hard to get the various geometries correct without having a good example in hand for reference, 2D pictures just not good at depicting a 3D item. Unfortunately for me (and I suppose many others dabbling in the gun building hobby), having an example in hand is just not possible.
