Hand made checkering - fllirizzini English version

Into a shotgun of class every detail must be done to "workmanlike", and at the highest level of perfection; no matter whether it is an essential part of mechanics or a simple ornament and, indeed, lower the functional importance that it has more than its perfect realization denote the insatiable care of its author.

So, when someone recites the quality of a rifle check it closely starting, for example, by the checkering. At first sight, it can be aesthetically irrelevant and, usually, it is relegated to the simple function of improving the grip on the wood. Actually checkering have to wooden parts equal importance that the engraving has to steel parts. Consequently, just as there are engravings more or less elaborate, there are checkerings more or less difficult to achieve. Among them the most difficult and sophisticated is the flat checkering.

It can only be obtained in a workmanlike manner because its web of fine lines (normally with a step of 0.8 mm) must form tiny regular diamond shapes perfectly embedded in each other. At each point of the external profile correspond a single diamond. The flat checkering does not allow execution errors because it can not be "correct in progress." As a result, when it is perfect, it enhances the mastery of his executor and when it is imperfect it mercilessly shows any uncertainty.

The tools to do the flat checkering not exist on the market, then we construct them by hand using needle files and a lot of patience.