I started a topic a while back about how fancy or much figure Weatherby stocks had when they were made in Germany, Japan, and now the U.S.A. I said how it seemed like the Japanese stocks consistently had significantly more figure in their stocks opposed to the German and U.S.A. versions. Don't get me wrong all their stocks are beautiful but I wish they'd have the high level of figure like the Japanese versions had. Also I prefer the Japanese checkering pattern opposed to the current one. Yeah I'm getting older but to me that checkering pattern just screams Weatherby.