Deluxe Wood

[tucotom]

I have a Sako Forester L579 pre Garcia (1965) Deluxe .243 with light colored wood.

Is the wood Maple, French Walnut?????

I know I need to take pictures but a large # of the older Sakos have this same type wood.

 

[misako50]

They were advertised as having French Walnut stocks so I have no reason to doubt that. I have also seen some beatiful darker French Walnut Deluxes that are among my favorites. Deergoose has a couple that are simply the prettiest I have laid eyes on.-Misako

 

[tucotom]

It seems I heard mention somewhere on this site of the wood being Maple, however I have a muzzleloading flintlock of tiger stripe Maple. The wood on the Sako has dark stripes running horizontal which would be indicative of the French Walnut,

Thank you for confirming the wood type.

 

[stonecreek]

The wood is European walnunt (perhaps from France, but lots of "French Walnut" comes from somewhere else on the continent). Sako finished its Deluxe stocks with a very light stain that left the walnut somewhat blonde in color. Lots of European walnut exhibits a strong fiddleback that is reminiscent of quilted maple. The fiddleback usually shows up as vertical striations, while the actual grain in the stock will be predominantly horizontal. That strong fiddleback, coupled with the light-colored stain, causes many people to believe that some Sako stocks are maple. Not so.

 

[5280sakonut]

It is walnut. Some deluxes have nice but not spectacular wood, while some have truly remarkable wood with incredible figure. The best 2 I have ever seen in person (one from another member of this forum) were translucent and threw off many different colors in the light with strong vertical striping. Almost a 3-D effect. You would swear it could not be walnut but it is. Only on a Sako. A custom stock like that would cost $10,000 or more.

 

[guitargod]

Love wood like this.

 

[northernlights]

guitargod, that looks like some of the best Model 70 wood I have. Love beautiful wood!
Are you an acoustic or electric guitar player/collector? Beautiful guitar wood is a whole other quest!

 

[bloorooster]

Did someone say guitar?:evil2:

 

[guitargod]

OOoohh yes! i play both and a little drums also, do a lot of recording with guys on the web, checkout Nevermet on youtube thats us. There's a hand full of songs on there we've done check out the song called Run Away that's the first one we did, cool stuff.

I have a sweet flame-top Les Paul a 95 that i need to get an RA # on and send in to have fixed the wood is quite lovely on her but there's a fracture behind the head-stock!?

Yes there's nothing like a beautiful piece of wood to catch the eye!

 

[bloorooster]

Speaking of Pretty Wood (Non-Sako), The quest for Flame is hard to satisfy...1961 Valco Wood!

 

[guitargod]

Sweet!