I received a nice smoking but very unattractive Masterson recently and decided to try my first attempt at stripping and refinishing,
Here she was:
And here are the results. I'm not pleased, but it's not a very attractive block of briar. The grain isn't pretty at all and maybe I didn't do enough sanding.
Any way you look at it, if you put lipstick on a pig you've still got a pig wearing lipstick.
But, she's my pig. And every first time out of the chute has got be a learning experience.
Here she was:
![Original_zps19511f75.jpg](http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s517/fnord0393/Original_zps19511f75.jpg)
And here are the results. I'm not pleased, but it's not a very attractive block of briar. The grain isn't pretty at all and maybe I didn't do enough sanding.
Any way you look at it, if you put lipstick on a pig you've still got a pig wearing lipstick.
![Redo1_zps593f6a78.jpg](http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s517/fnord0393/Redo1_zps593f6a78.jpg)
![Redo2_zpsdb8b5001.jpg](http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s517/fnord0393/Redo2_zpsdb8b5001.jpg)
![Redo3_zps21e21165.jpg](http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s517/fnord0393/Redo3_zps21e21165.jpg)
But, she's my pig. And every first time out of the chute has got be a learning experience.