Blood grips thought id share my pain

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airsmith282 · #1 Post by **airsmith282** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:36 am

after 5 hourse of hell and lots of sanding with differnt griits of sand paper we went from these blanks to these beautiful grips in Blood Wood the pics dont even come close the the mirror finish on the wood no satan no varnish just all naturel wood finish form hours of sanding down the wood to the beautiful natural shine of the wood..

these are not for sale there mine

Wrong Way · #2 Post by **Wrong Way** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:08 pm

Well whatcha think of working with the bloodwood? I had a little chuckle when I ws packaging it up to ship to you. Nasty dust eh?

Here's what you do next: Buy some minwax paste wax, and a 6" buffing wheel from CT. Chuck the wheel up in the drill press and spin it as fast as it will go. Put a coat of wax on the grips, let it dry for 10 minutes and hit it with the wheel. Looks like multi coat laquer.

Ryan

airsmith282 · #3 Post by **airsmith282** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:35 pm

cool i wil try that and posts pics when i get it done,, by the way dust is putting it lightly dont you think. my body was red head to toe my basemnet looks like mars hehehehhehehehelololololllololo

but it was not to bad on the lungs i used a mask most of the time with it so was not bad. the smell is nice and ligers throught the hole house kinda like nice incense heheh
its great stuff but like working with steel ,, i manage to cut 5 sets of blanks so far only made me one set of grips but iam using the scraps for making inlays on other grips
good stuff man ill have to get more someday and make a stock some day from the blood wood ...

#4 Post by **webstien** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:32 pm

Thems some nice grips airsmith

DoctorFrankengun · #5 Post by **DoctorFrankengun** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:07 pm

Nice job Kevin

Wrong Way · #6 Post by **Wrong Way** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:17 pm

Hey Kevin...If you want do do a set with a little more challenge, but even more beautiful results, I have a piece of Pomme Sappelle with ribon stripe figure big enough for maybe 2 sets. About an inch thick.
Wanna trade me some parts?

airsmith282 · #7 Post by **airsmith282** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:00 pm

whats the stuff look like you got some pics of the wood

Wrong Way · #8 Post by **Wrong Way** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:04 pm

Sorry this took so long! Here is the wood, (sorry about the crappy pic) it is pomme/ribbon stripe sapelle. The "bups" and "Stripes" you see arent really there...it's all figure in the wood. It looks like wet satin!

The board in the pic is the one I was talking about, I was saving it for a personal project....but I just dont have the time. It is UN-finished...you should see this stuff when oiled! It is a deep mahogany red, and the grain "shimmers" and moves in the light. It is from the African Ivory Coast.

Theres probably enough wood there for a bunch of grips. It measures about 8 1/4" X 18" and 15/16 thick.

Here's a box made of sapelle (not NEAR the quality of figure as this board though) It will give you an idea of colour, and the "shimmer" I was talking about.

BTW...I also have a piece of the quilted bigleaf the top of that box is made from. Big enough for one set of grips....but THAT would cost alot of parts....like a whole 2240

Ryan

ABshooter · #9 Post by **ABshooter** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:00 pm

Beutiful grips!!!

I didn't know you were a southpaw...

airsmith282 · #10 Post by **airsmith282** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:22 pm

thank you lots of work but well worth it ...im lefty all the way but i can shoot right handed when i have to i also play guitar left handed as well..and i can play guitar right handed as well to a degree

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airsmith282 · #11 Post by **airsmith282** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:27 pm

Wrong Way wrote:Sorry this took so long! Here is the wood, (sorry about the crappy pic) it is pomme/ribbon stripe sapelle. The "bups" and "Stripes" you see arent really there...it's all figure in the wood. It looks like wet satin!

The board in the pic is the one I was talking about, I was saving it for a personal project....but I just dont have the time. It is UN-finished...you should see this stuff when oiled! It is a deep mahogany red, and the grain "shimmers" and moves in the light. It is from the African Ivory Coast.

Theres probably enough wood there for a bunch of grips. It measures about 8 1/4" X 18" and 15/16 thick.

Here's a box made of sapelle (not NEAR the quality of figure as this board though) It will give you an idea of colour, and the "shimmer" I was talking about.

BTW...I also have a piece of the quilted bigleaf the top of that box is made from. Big enough for one set of grips....but THAT would cost alot of parts....like a whole 2240

Ryan

thats some nice wood ryan but to rich for me right now , i gota take it easy till after the gun show then i get to play again....
i will keep it in mind for sure