guitar_slinger Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 The cherry wood grips (top pistol) came from a tree that blew over in my grandmother's back yard before she passed away. Made quartered splits out of a piece of log and set it aside, the rest went to firewood (Iate up by ants and not good wood except that one piece of log). Forgot about it for several years and then remembered & made a set of grips. The maple wood came from a flintlock build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddo Kid Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Are you selling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_slinger Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 Are you selling? These aren't for sale. Just playing around with the camera tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Good job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 GS look good , I have some walnut , put back , might have to make some myself thinking there is some Pecan , and maybe some Hickory left in the shop also been using Red Oak on some scales , for a change of pace CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Howdy A friend of mine is a woodworker by trade. He retired and I gave him some desert ironwood. He was supposed to make three sets of grips for 1911. Two for me and one for him. The wood kept splitting and one set finally was made. They look like choclit cake and set nice on my colt. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_slinger Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 Howdy A friend of mine is a woodworker by trade. He retired and I gave him some desert ironwood. He was supposed to make three sets of grips for 1911. Two for me and one for him. The wood kept splitting and one set finally was made. They look like choclit cake and set nice on my colt. Best CR Never worked ironwood. I've heard it is really brittle. I have worked with rosewood and cocobolo a couple times and some of it can be pretty hard. I don't like working with walnut. Even wearing masks, the dust messes my sinuses up. Cherry is probably my favorite wood to work. It is very stable and works well. Maple is good to work but some of the curly stuff I use on the flintlocks I build can be kind of interesting to work due to the variations in the grain pattern. If anyone is interested, I could post some pics of the last couple flinters I've built. Guitar Slinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elk Creek LeMieux Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I'm definitely interested. I need to build a flintlock myself. Kinda want to go for a 1750's ish Jäger rifle. Don't really know where to get started though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Nice GG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Pepper Kid, SASS #60463 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Wow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G #1840 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I made a set of 1911 slabs from som madrone burl. When oiled up they were real pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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