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October 13, 2009
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Those grips are great. I have four walnut grips now, two of the smooth ones for the large frame and one (don't know how to describe them) that is rounded also for .357 14-2 and one that is square butt. All have scratches etc on them, except the LNIB ones I got with the .357 SM. When I bought this house the cabinets all had polyurethane on them and really looked rough, dirty, grease, worn spots etc. Well I found this stuff that you just paint of glossy finishes, it is called a "deglosser" paint it on-wipe it off. I am going to take one of the grips and try that on it, working it into the checkering with a old tooth brush and then putting new "fast drying" (I love this stuff) poly on them and see how that looks.
I think the square hole that is in the grips is made with a mortising bit. If that is the case, then one could "mortisie" out a solid piece of wood and then with the help of a scroll saw roughly cut the grips to shape, and then sand and file. The trick is going to be to get the mortise just right and then the screw hole in the bottom.
For my 1911A1 I made a set of 'wrap around grips' from elephant hide, using a set of rubber ones for a pattern. AND I would post pictures if I EVER get it figured out!!!
Tom Meservey, USN (Ret) Gun control, first grip the Dan Wesson in both hands……………
January 22, 2008
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The text of your post is running off the side of the frame... It looks like the picture you are
using for a signature is too large. You should edit your Profile and change the picture size.
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