February 2020

So we completely stripped off the epoxy along with the old finish, then cleaned and reshaped the crack. We then glued in a matching piece of wood and sanded it down to match the contour of the fore end.

 Reinforced the crack from the inside of the fore end – this portion is covered by the fore end iron.

After staining and 4-5 coats of a hard wearing oil finish – before the checkering was re-cut and final finish applied.