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Enfield Wood Work
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:07 pm
by Stuck
Hi all,
Does anyone know from what type wood the wood work on a '47 No.5 was made?
More importantly does anyone know how they were originally finished? (i.e. oiled or varnished?)
Thanks in advance,
Mick.
Re: Enfield Wood Work
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:12 am
by saddler
Look in THE BOOK
Enfield Story, by Ian Skennerton
All your answers, plus the answers to the questions that you have not yet thought of...
Re: Enfield Wood Work
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:35 am
by Gaz
Usually beech on post-war new build rifles, oiled with linseed oil. Do you have a picture?
Re: Enfield Wood Work
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:29 am
by Stuck
guys,
Beech sounds about right, havent got a picture of how it is at the moment as im sanding away a dozen layers of varnish.
Saddler, that looks a cracking book but I'm not paying £150!
Re: Enfield Wood Work
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:14 pm
by ukrifleman
Stuck wrote: guys,
Beech sounds about right, havent got a picture of how it is at the moment as im sanding away a dozen layers of varnish.
Saddler, that looks a cracking book but I'm not paying £150!
Henry Krank has the Skennerton book in stock at £49-95, it is 608 pages of brilliant information in hard back.
ukrifleman.
Re: Enfield Wood Work
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:19 pm
by Alpha1
Try ABE books they deal in second hand books.
Re: Enfield Wood Work
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:32 am
by Rearlugs
Most No5s built by BSA and Fazakerley were stocked in beech, however the earlier pattern wood without a nosecap was often walnut.
India later made a very large number of replacement wood sets for their No5s, and this wood is a dense grain type that also resembles walnut.
Re: Enfield Wood Work
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:58 am
by huntervixen
Just to add my bit to the wood refinishing, make sure you use raw and not boiled linseed oil, raw is the correct military finish.