Incised Molding Along Bottom of Buttstock:

I put incised lines along the lower edge of the buttstock.  To do this I measured up 5/16" up from the end of the toeplate and made a mark. Then by the trigger guard I measured up 1/4" and made a mark. Drew a line and then curved the line in toward the trigger guard. Examining original Maryland rifles, I noticed they curve into the guard near the end of the trigger guard rail.

Using my knife, I cut along the line. Then I used a small "V" carving chisel along the same line.  The cut line helped to keep me on the line.  The "V" was angled so the one side of the "V" was perpendicular to the stock.  This left a nice "V" groove and then I used my chisel to smooth out the "V" cut upward away from the line to make the transition invisible. 

You need only to go about 3/8" away from the line to make it disappear. 

To the left is a line that is still  a little rough yet, but will be cleaned up better later. Just wanted to show you where the line ends at by the trigger guard. Note on the right photo, at the buttplate, the groove continues thru the plate.  You use a triangular file to do this. 

Inletting the Cheekpiece Inlay: 

Snake Bite wanted an eagle inlet on his cheekpiece. So I annealed a store bought silver eagle. Drilled out mounting holes and positioned it on the stock.  Temporarily nailed it to the stock and proceeded to inlay it. The following are a series of photos of the inletting process.  Hope it is self explanatory. If not, drop me a line if you have any questions. 

Looking right pretty now, eh? 

Well now I finally got around to engraving the eagle tonight.  Taint fancy but it's done.

Got me a piece of German silver and inlet it into the wrist area. This was positioned so when the rifle is grasped, the thumb would fall onto this area. The following are photos showing the steps followed. I nailed it in with metal brads.