The catalogue grades describe colour, fiddleback, density, highlights, and grain flow through the pistol grip to the toe of the stock. All blanks are cut from mature English walnut trees and air dried for over 10 years.
Exhibition
Dark colour with contrasting, outstanding highlights
Hard and dense wood
Perfect curving grain flow through pistol grip to toe of stock
Q
Dark colour with fiddleback and highlights
Hard and dense wood
Good grain flow through pistol grip to toe of stock
N
Dark colour with some fiddleback and highlights
Hard and dense wood
Good grain flow through pistol grip to toe of stock
V
Dark and light colour with some fiddleback
Hard and dense wood
Good grain flow through pistol grip to toe of stock
T
Light colour with contrasting fiddleback or dark colour plain
Hard and dense wood
Good grain flow through pistol grip to toe of stock
Standard
Light colour with background fiddleback
Hard and dense wood
Good grain flow through pistol grip to toe of stock