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Post by patdaddy on Jan 6, 2021 12:40:41 GMT -5
I’ve got Moose antler grips on my Bearcat from Patrick Grashorn
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Post by Jamey Worrell on Jan 6, 2021 13:48:05 GMT -5
Anybody ever used mahogany? I've got a bunch, half of it lighter, nicely ribboned mahogany & the other half, really dark, dense perfectly quartersawn, selected for use as guitar necks. ***** As a six year old, my grandfather took me through the pattern shop of Bullard Machine Tool. Mahogany was the primary wood for shaping patterns to mock up large casting and forgings. Mahogany is stable and easily cut. About twenty years ago I made panels from what I thought mahogany. A woodworker said the the grips probably were a species often called mahogany, that mahogany was now pretty well plundered. Whatever it is, it’s easily tooled and plain grain. Plenty of mahogany was used on yachts in an age gone by. Believe someone asked about pecan, which makes for a beautiful tree in the hickory family. An old pecan is prone to drop a huge limb unannounced. Surviving a few hurricanes may induce stress cracks which act up years later. During Hurricane Gustav I watched 60 to 90 foot pecans bend to the north like bamboo. Then, on the backside of the eye, the trees swayed south. I’ve used pecan for cooking, smoking, in sculpture and for wood heat, but I would not use it for grips. Pecan is prone to check. David Bradshaw Flat-sawn sapele is often used as a proxy for "true" mahogany...hard to tell them apart (I've got some of both). Khaya has a similar grain. Both khaya and sapele are both African hardwoods.
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Post by bradshaw on Jan 6, 2021 14:29:31 GMT -5
"Flat-sawn sapele is often used as a proxy for "true" mahogany...hard to tell them apart (I've got some of both).
Khaya has a similar grain.
Both khaya and sapele are both African hardwoods.” ----jworrell
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Thanks for info. Looked ‘em up and cannot tell difference. Description of Utile and Mahogany both match what I have. David Bradshaw
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jan 13, 2021 10:30:01 GMT -5
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Post by bigbore5 on Jan 13, 2021 14:31:18 GMT -5
I've got duct tape holding plastic ones on a RG38.
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Post by domino300 on Jan 13, 2021 15:41:00 GMT -5
I've got duct tape holding plastic ones on a RG38. Pics?
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Post by dougader on Jan 13, 2021 16:19:28 GMT -5
I got a piece of wood from my father in law in Ecuador. Not sure what it is, but it's in the form of 2x4 lumber and it took me about 40 minutes to cut off a piece from a longer board with a hand saw. I wanted guayacan, but have never found a piece big enough to use for grips.
It is as tough as nails. I tried sanding it and got nowhere. I might just send it to LSCG and see what he thinks about it.
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Post by bigbore5 on Jan 13, 2021 17:25:57 GMT -5
imgur.com/gallery/YvJz1wPI was joking about the duct tape. But I do have a RG38! My Dad used to drop it in his pocket when we went to the stock auctions. It was all cash back then. Horribly inaccurate. Groups decent actually, just a foot high at 7yds!
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Post by rangersedge on Jan 13, 2021 19:04:08 GMT -5
Nice looking wood!
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Post by bearskinner on Jan 13, 2021 20:58:47 GMT -5
Believe it or not, Corian, yes the counter top material, it’s hard, tough, unaffected by moisture or weather, and feels good in the hand. postimg.cc/bdqsvHx8
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Post by Stump Buster on Jan 13, 2021 21:10:39 GMT -5
Manzanita Burl...
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Post by Jamey Worrell on Jan 14, 2021 9:11:06 GMT -5
Cherry burl Wenge
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Post by lscg on Jan 14, 2021 21:21:32 GMT -5
I believe I’ve had the pleasure to work with every material mentioned, well except the electrical tape lol. Over the years my personal taste has changed quite a bit. early on mesquite burl and Turkish/English walnut were my favorites. In the last few years though about the only things to trip my trigger are sheep horn and ivory. I took this pic of my semi private stash a while back for fun.
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Post by lscg on Jan 14, 2021 21:26:49 GMT -5
My first tusk.
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Post by cas on Jan 14, 2021 22:49:17 GMT -5
That's an impressive block o'wood! I made a flame maple set of grips, but they're fairly soft. ^ Funny picture, that top grip looks like it's relieved at the top where your thumb would go. It's not, it's just a trick of the lighting.
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