Value of a repro flat board stock?

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by George Anderson

Oak has qualities not suitable for stocks, either board stocks or rifle stocks. The only German rifle stocks ever made with oak were the late WWII mauser stocks and they were laminated to compensate for the brittle nature of oak,

George,

Whatever these Odin stocks are made of, the wood is not beautiful, and certainly does not match the very fine wood used to produce a typical set of Luger grips.

I purchased two of them from Slatters' Collectors Armory, in Alexandria Va., in the early 1980s, and still have the original certificates as issued by Slatters'. I remember telling the owner, at that time, that "Mauser never made these things".

I agree that the irons used on these stocks are of excellent quality, though the bluing is of cheap salt blue type, and mine have turned a brown-blue color.

Sieger

PS: Quite a lot of very nice furniture was made, in the 1920s, of Quartered Oak, so I really can't believe this material isn't strong enough for practical use.