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Post by bearskinner on Jan 23, 2021 18:04:17 GMT -5
I imagine any kind of resin product would be heavy and indestructible.
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Post by caryc on Jan 23, 2021 21:02:44 GMT -5
Cary... thanks for the tips Russell Crow's revolver had inlaid crosses in the grips in "3:10 To Yuma".
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jan 25, 2021 6:37:01 GMT -5
some of that olive wood I bought
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Post by callshot on Jan 25, 2021 10:53:36 GMT -5
I have Osage Orange, sometimes called myrtle wood, on my 44 Fanclub Special. It’s quite hard wood. It’s also on a knife handle with a 90 degree angle for the blade to the handle that we made for my wife when her MS caused her hands to not work very well. I am working on a pair of Cocobolo grips right now. I wondered about trying some sagebrush to see how it would turn out. Once I saw a pair out of an ugly piece of 2 X 4. I guess it worked, but was really plain ugly.
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Post by caryc on Jan 25, 2021 11:00:17 GMT -5
Very nice wood. That should make some real pretty grips. I think you said that wood was one inch. When I had really good wood like that, I used a sawing jig that I made to get more use out of wood like that. As you see below, it will cut the blanks at any angle I want. Turning the screws in or out adjusted the angle. As you can see, I would get two grip blanks out of one piece so nothing was wasted.
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Post by clintsfolly on Jan 25, 2021 11:09:02 GMT -5
Anyone want Osage Orange I have about 150-175bft of 4/4 kiln dried
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Post by caryc on Jan 25, 2021 11:12:37 GMT -5
I have Osage Orange, sometimes called myrtle wood, on my 44 Fanclub Special. It’s quite hard wood. It’s also on a knife handle with a 90 degree angle for the blade to the handle that we made for my wife when her MS caused her hands to not work very well. I am working on a pair of Cocobolo grips right now. I wondered about trying some sagebrush to see how it would turn out. Once I saw a pair out of an ugly piece of 2 X 4. I guess it worked, but was really plain ugly. Never heard of Osage Orange called Myrtle wood. The two are completely different species. Osage Orange is practically indestructible. It was the preferred wood to make fence posts out of if you could get it. American Indians also made their bows out of it. If you're working with Cocobolo, I hope you have some kind of dust collection system or at least wear a mask when sanding it. The dust from sanding it is toxic. One good thing about Cocobolo is that it is a very oily wood. Once you get a set of grips made, all you need to do is polish them on a bench buffer with a little compound, then a coat of paste wax and they are good to go.
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Post by dougader on Jan 25, 2021 11:42:09 GMT -5
Cary, have you ever worked with guayacan from south America? It's supposed to be an oily wood, too, and was used for seals around propellers in cargo freight ships, etc. But it can be really beautiful... sometimes dark heart wood and sometime two-toned with dark brown and yellow streaks running through it.
I have looked for it in Ecuador without much luck. It was so over used in the past that cutting down the trees is now highly restricted/regulated. I only found small pieces that local vendors used for making keychain ornaments or chess pieces.
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Post by jayhawker on Jan 25, 2021 11:51:12 GMT -5
My Colt SA that originally belonged to Bill Jordan has guayacan grips. Bill told me that in TX it is commonly called soap weed and you have to go into Mexico before the tree gets big enough to be usable.
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Post by princeout on Jan 25, 2021 13:12:43 GMT -5
Lignum Vitae is often referred to as guayacan. LV was used for shaft bearings on ships. The USS Nautilus - the first nuclear sub - had propeller shaft bearings made of LV. I have the head off of a woodworking mallet that was used by Sam Maloof (google him) lying here on my desk. It is a really heavy chunk of wood.
Tim
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Post by blackmamba on Jan 25, 2021 13:22:57 GMT -5
Here's a book-matched set of black & white ebony slabs I've been saving up.
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Post by goodtime on Jan 29, 2021 14:23:23 GMT -5
I haven't pulled the trigger yet, but will someday get a set of grips upholstered with alligator skin.
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Post by oldsam on Jan 30, 2021 12:12:05 GMT -5
I have to quit looking on this forum. Costs me $$ every time. Now I have to go hit the thrift stores.
Awesome grips guys. Thanks for the pics!
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Post by leadhound on Jan 30, 2021 13:38:04 GMT -5
I have Osage Orange, sometimes called myrtle wood, on my 44 Fanclub Special. It’s quite hard wood. It’s also on a knife handle with a 90 degree angle for the blade to the handle that we made for my wife when her MS caused her hands to not work very well. I am working on a pair of Cocobolo grips right now. I wondered about trying some sagebrush to see how it would turn out. Once I saw a pair out of an ugly piece of 2 X 4. I guess it worked, but was really plain ugly. Never heard of Osage Orange called Myrtle wood. The two are completely different species. Osage Orange is practically indestructible. It was the preferred wood to make fence posts out of if you could get it. American Indians also made their bows out of it. If you're working with Cocobolo, I hope you have some kind of dust collection system or at least wear a mask when sanding it. The dust from sanding it is toxic. One good thing about Cocobolo is that it is a very oily wood. Once you get a set of grips made, all you need to do is polish them on a bench buffer with a little compound, then a coat of paste wax and they are good to go. Yeah but Bois D'arc sounds so much prettier! Black locust barely edges it out for a fence post but you better get it cut, in the ground and nailed up while its green! Seen sparks come off of it cutting old dry wood.
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Post by x101airborne on Jan 30, 2021 14:13:26 GMT -5
Anyone want Osage Orange I have about 150-175bft of 4/4 kiln dried Why yes, if you have enough to spare. How much for a large flat rate box of it?
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