Wooden Grips - TM1911

[Spoon1990]

As i am joiner and have copius amounts of timber left over i have decided to put my skills to work and make some wooden grips for my TM1911. i used walnut as it was the rare occasion that we got some in. i generally use alot of Oak and Mahogany. not sure if to persue this or not that is why i am putting a thread up here, would anyone be interested in such a product? if not i will forget the whole idea but if anyone is interested then drop me a PM or write back on here

 

cheers

 

This was just what i did over a lunch break with the walnut. That is bare timber and would be stained to colour of preferance after.

[joshcowin]

i would like some oak ones on mine with a clear laquar but i like rose wood

[Spoon1990]

oak can be done rather easily, as for lacquer i can see if the lacquer i use on guitars will work. It should as it is rather hard wearing but if your looking for that more real feel i can use some super fine white polish, this will give a nice shine (not as strong as the lacquer shine though) i would personally go for that but if enough people are interested i can do some simple samples of finishes and timbers and post them up.

 

as for the rose wood the mahogany stained with the correct stains can give a rather similar outcome of rosewood as i dont come across rose wood an awful lot. i do have a friend that does furniture restoration and he may have a few bits about that i might be able to get hold of if you really did want rose wood.

 

thanks for your input.

[Finius]

There was a guy who offered something similar on here a while back, with laser engraving etc as well, he was doing nice stuff and people were paying quite well for it, but I don't think it turned out to be much of a breadwinner in the end - good way to make a few quid from something you can do fairly easily though

 

I already have about eight pairs of grips for the 1911 I don't have