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I posted this in a different thread about types of wood people use for grips, but figured it was worth getting its own thread, do to the amount of work/effort I had put into this.
I'm made my own set of stocks for an early Ed Brown Executive Target.
I used Camellia wood. It's a really dense, hard wood, but oddly so dense that it presents a soft feeling surface like marble, and really holds it's shape. It's practically indestructible.
It's often used for sword handles it's so durable. When using the center cuts, you get a real nice marble figuring on both sides of maroons, mauves, and light oranges to yellows, with very light cream colored borders.
When using the outer edges toward the bark, you get some of that in calico-like patterns, with some veining within the top surfaces.
This was from a Camellia tree I had cut down in my yard.
From this point, drilled the mounting holes, then did some more fine sanding with 1500 grit to a marble-like finish, then coat with a clear Epoxy, which will be resistant to handling and gun-cleaner/lubricants. Photos in second post below.
Where they depicted "on" the gun mid-work, they are really just sitting on top of the bushings, so they are not even on the frame in these photos - if they appear off in any way.
I'll be making several sets for various finer pistols from this block. (By the way, I like smooth grips better.)
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I'm made my own set of stocks for an early Ed Brown Executive Target.
I used Camellia wood. It's a really dense, hard wood, but oddly so dense that it presents a soft feeling surface like marble, and really holds it's shape. It's practically indestructible.
It's often used for sword handles it's so durable. When using the center cuts, you get a real nice marble figuring on both sides of maroons, mauves, and light oranges to yellows, with very light cream colored borders.
When using the outer edges toward the bark, you get some of that in calico-like patterns, with some veining within the top surfaces.
This was from a Camellia tree I had cut down in my yard.
From this point, drilled the mounting holes, then did some more fine sanding with 1500 grit to a marble-like finish, then coat with a clear Epoxy, which will be resistant to handling and gun-cleaner/lubricants. Photos in second post below.
Where they depicted "on" the gun mid-work, they are really just sitting on top of the bushings, so they are not even on the frame in these photos - if they appear off in any way.
I'll be making several sets for various finer pistols from this block. (By the way, I like smooth grips better.)
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