Anyone familiar with IRONWOOD DESIGNS, INC? The AK wood place?

[tank_monkey]

I was friends with the owner, Matt. He suddenly passed away. Heart attack while on a boat with friends.

With the pandemic, he lost his helpers, so he was running the biz solo. He had to stop taking order because he was backlogged so far. Anyone know of a good forum to post the sad news? I know a lot of AK and AR owners had custom wood orders from him.

[imanaknut]

WOW! Really saddened to hear this. I talked to Matt many times, always a pleasure to talk to and never in a hurry to hang up.

I hope someone can pick up his business but yes it was pretty much a one man show.

DAMN!!!!!!!!!

Just checked and their website has been taken down.

[Nashorn]

I know they did quality work. Got a laminated AKM stock set years ago.

[dfariswheel]

A lot of people on these sites bought his wood.............

https://www.ar15.com/forums/ak-47/

https://www.theakforum.net/

https://www.akfiles.com/

https://www.gunboards.com/forums/ak-...ssion-board.8/

That's a shame. He made the best AK wood there was.

[1 Patriot-of-many]

That sucks so bad. The first AK I built I used Ironwood. I'm sorry for the loss. It's a loss for everyone.

[NAPOTS]

that is sad to hear, I bought a stock set from them a few years back and the quality was top notch