hickory grips

[radavis321]

this is my first try at making grips,i will try to get a better camera,for now this is all i have. What do you all think.http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/radavis321/IMG_0005-1.jpg

[Baldy]

Looks like a cool set of grips, but a very poor picture.

[radavis321]

this might be a little better.http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/radavis321/IMG_0007.jpg

[radavis321]

i borrowed another camera,a little bettehttp://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/radavis321/IMG_0009.jpgr.

[radavis321]

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/radavis321/IMG_0010.jpg

[radavis321]

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/radavis321/IMG_0013.jpg

[Baldy]

Yes sir that's a lot better and the grips look real good. I been wondering why there isn't more oak offered out there? Good luck.

[radavis321]

not being sarcastic sir.but this is hickory not oak!

[cornbread-red]

Yes sir that's a lot better and the grips look real good. I been wondering why there isn't more oak offered out there? Good luck.
Red Oak probably has too course a grain. White Oak would be OK. The traditional woods used for slabs will have a nicer graining pattern than the oaks, IMHO. Have you looked at using Hickory heartwood. Also Pecan or Hickory is very hard to tell apart. The Heartwood would give a very nice grain pattern. Very nice work, give us some more pictures.

Blue skies.

Gary aka cornbread-red

[radavis321]

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/radavis321/IMG_0010.jpg

[cornbread-red]

not being sarcastic sir.but this is hickory not oak!
10-4 radavis321, I was answering Baldy's question, he asked why Oak wasn't used for handles. Keep up the good work. Hickory is a very durable wood and the handles should take a lot of abuse. We once produced some custom kitchen cabinets out of Hickory. As I remember Hickory was extremely tough on the tooling.

Blue Skies

Gary aka cornbread-red

[radavis321]

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/radavis321/IMG_0009.jpg

[Baldy]

My apologies that was my air head mistake. Why I put oak I have no idea. They call these the golden years, well in my case it is rust. I am sorry. Baldy

[radavis321]

how bout my homemade brass display stand for my grip display,i am going to make a 4 time scale 0f a 45 cal shell anyone interested,if this is supposed to be another thread,oops i'm sorry!

[Texas Boy86]

Oooh. Pretty grips. If you make some double diamonds like that I would buy them. That would look good on the RIA I plan on purchasing. Keep up the good work!